Chapter 17 Chapter 15 Zhan Bi Qi Ao, Green Bamboo Yi Yi

Li Qichen was startled: "What flaw?" With a mysterious face, Tong Shu lowered his voice and said, "It doesn't have a door." One word awakened the dreamer, and sure enough, the walls of the bamboo house are all made of living moso bamboo, and there is no door!Li Qichen casually said, "Then how did we get in?" Tong Shi said: "It didn't come in out of thin air, there must be a portal that we haven't discovered." As soon as the words came out, the four eyes of the two fell on the bamboo bed at the same time. The bamboo bed was removed, and there was indeed a three-foot-square stone slab underneath, which fit perfectly with the surrounding ground.Tong Shui stretched out his hand to widen the gap, and with a little force, the slate did not move.He patted the loose soil on his hands and said, "It's heavy, probably a few inches thick, but you can try to dig out the surrounding soil."

Li Qichen looked at the criss-crossed bamboo roots around the stone slab, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I can't dig it out with my hands, even if my fingernails are broken." Tong Shui said: "I'll go up and break some bamboo branches." After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Li Qichen to answer, and went up again.In a moment, he floated down with a few bamboo branches in his hand.Li Qichen looked at the bamboo branch, there were a few emerald leaves on it, only as thick as a finger, although it was better than bare hands, it probably wouldn't have much effect.

Tong Shui said: "It's only this thick, so use it as it is, give it a try!" So the two each held a branch and began to dig. In less than a stick of incense, the two stopped their hands at the same time.Under the floating soil are densely intertwined bamboo roots, with the strength of the bamboo branches, it is difficult to break the bamboo roots, only copper and iron tools can do it, but at this time, the two of them don't even have a stone axe, let alone copper and iron tools. Tong Shu still didn't give up, so he switched to the other side of the stone slab to dig, and the situation was still the same.Li Qichen said: "Don't do it, since it's where the detainees are, it won't be so easy for you to get out."

Tong Su slumped down on the bamboo bed, rubbing the dirt from his hands on the front of his clothes, feeling very frustrated. Li Qichen comforted: "Looking at the situation along the way, the other party may not have too deep malice, we might as well wait and see what happens." Tong Shui nodded again and again, cheered up, and said, "Yes! They locked us up, so they must bring us food, right? I want to see how they bring it in!" It's dark, it's light again, it's getting dark again... Day and night passed, not to mention delivering food, not even a single person was seen.

Tong Shui had already scolded him countless times. While scolding, he dug up new shoots on the ground with bamboo branches.I can only eat this. Peel off the bamboo shoot shell to reveal the fresh and tender bamboo shoot meat. When you chew it carefully, it has a sweet fragrance and enough water, which can satisfy your hunger.But there are only a few of them, what should I do after digging? At night, the two hugged each other and curled up on the bamboo bed, still shivering from the cold.This place seems to be by the water, and the sound of running water can be heard, so it is also very wet and cold.In the middle of the night, it started to rain.The two of them couldn't fall asleep anymore, so they simply sat up.

The rain is not heavy, and it falls through the bamboo leaves, turning into this drop and that drop of water.There is still moonlight in the sky, and you can vaguely see drops of crystal raindrops falling in the mottled bamboo shadows, like shooting stars.Li Qichen said softly: "Suddenly I remembered watching meteors and catching fireflies together when I was young. It was very similar to this scene." Tong Shui sighed, "That's right... the fireflies in the salt pond are sitting on the shaped salt in the pond. When the moon shines, there is a shadow on the salt and two shadows in the water. They are as beautiful as a river of stars."

Li Qichen sighed softly: "I can't go back again..." Tong Sui said: "What are you talking about? When we get out of trouble, we will go back to Yanchi together. What kind of king, society, and official position, go to him! It's better than anything else." Li Qichen didn't talk, reached out to catch a drop of rainwater, rubbed his hands together, used it to clean his fingers, and said slowly: "Take the opportunity to wash it, digging mud for the past two days is dirty enough. Rain is a bad thing, we can't Sleeping, but judging from the mood of being optimistic, it can also become a good thing, you can wash your hands, and you can drink it." After speaking, he raised his head playfully, catching the falling rain with his tongue.

Not to be outdone, Tong Su started playing... like two children. Perhaps because they were too sleepy, the two eventually fell asleep cuddling together. When Tong Su woke up, it was broad daylight.Because of the rain, clusters of white mushrooms grew under the bamboo roots, and he hurriedly woke up Li Qichen to take a look. Li Qichen smiled and said, "Haha! You can change the taste, but I don't know if it's poisonous or not." Tong Shui picked one, looked at it carefully for a long time, then sniffed it under his nose, stuck out his tongue and licked it, and after a while, said: "It should not be poisonous, I will eat one first, and see Say it again."

Li Qichen reached out and snatched it: "I'll do it!" Tong led his hand to avoid Li Qichen's hand, turned around, and had already swallowed the mushroom, but Li Qichen staggered and almost couldn't stand still. After another cup of tea, there was nothing abnormal, Tong Shui smiled and said, "It's ready to eat!" Then he knelt down to pick it. Li Qichen said: "Don't pick the ones that are too young, you can wait until they grow up." Tong Shui smiled and said without looking back: "I know!" He picked a mushroom first, tore off the stem, scratched the two halves of the stem with his nails, and then handed it to Li Qichen. : "You can eat it."

Li Qichen was startled, and asked, "What are you doing?" Tong Shu scratched his head, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Most of the mushrooms that are not poisonous have worms. I'm afraid you won't be able to eat them after seeing them. Let me clean them up for you first." Li Qichen said with a smile: "I'm not a boudoir lady who doesn't know the grain and doesn't know the crops. I still don't care about this kind of bug." Tong Shu also smiled: "I remember you were the most picky when you were a child, and you refused to eat anything unclean in your meals."

Li Qichen said: "Haha! It's hard for you to remember that when you were young, you were ignorant, and you also had the habits of noble sons. Now...it's naturally different...People have to grow up." Then he squatted down and picked together, but Unexpectedly, he staggered and fell to one knee in the muddy water. Tong Shu hurriedly helped him up, and asked, "What's the matter? Is your leg injured again..." As he spoke, he lifted up his clothes, and sure enough, the injured leg was swollen again, and his skin was translucent white, faintly tinged with crimson. color. In a hurry, Tong Shi sat Li Qichen on the bamboo bed and shouted, "Is anyone there? Let us out!" "Is anyone there? Let us out—let us out—out—" Echoes echoed from all around, and the empty mountain seemed to be completely deserted.Li Qichen's heart sank, could it be that someone put the two of us in this place and left us to fend for ourselves? After waiting for a while, seeing that there was no response at all, Tong led his dantian energy, and roared loudly.The sound of piercing the clouds and tearing the silk shook the bamboo leaves above his head to rustle, and the surrounding birds also flapped their wings and started. Li Qichen praised: "Your internal strength has really improved a lot, I can't catch up." Tong Shu smiled: "You only started learning when you were ten years old. It's not as good as I practiced since I was a child. Naturally, it's not as good as Qi guidance." , but I don’t know who I learned from?” Li Qichen shook his head and said: "I don't know, he left the government very early and didn't live in the inner city palace. Among these young masters, except for the second young master, he is the one I am least familiar with." While he was talking, he suddenly heard a rumbling sound, and when he turned his head to look, the stone slab under the bamboo bed had disappeared, revealing a big hole underneath. The two walked to the entrance of the cave and looked down. The wall of the cave sloped slightly downward and became narrower and narrower. It was pitch black below, and nothing could be seen clearly.Li Qichen picked up a piece of leftover bamboo shoot and threw it down, there was a muffled bang, it didn't seem to be deep, at most two feet. Tong Shui said: "I'll go down and find out." After saying that, he rushed down and slid down.After only a moment, he stepped on the cave walls on both sides with his feet, and climbed up.Li Qichen stretched out his hand, and Tong Shui borrowed his strength, turned out of the hole and stood firmly. "How?" Li Qichen asked. Tong Shi said: "It doesn't seem to be dangerous. After all, I turned a corner and changed it to a sideways..." Tong Shi said while gesturing with his arms sideways, "It seems that we can go out, but we can't turn around down there. In front, it is convenient to climb out." Li Qichen said: "This time I'm in front." Tong Shu pointed at his legs with a smile and said, "Your legs are like this, it's too slow, I'll feel suffocated when I follow behind, let me go ahead!" Li Qichen shook his head and smiled, so he had no choice but to let him. The way down this section is very short, but the slope is very steep.So Li Qichen waited for Tong Shui to go down to the end, and said "Okay" sullenly before entering the cave.The cave wall was steep and smooth, and it was almost impossible to control the body, and it slipped to the bottom in just a moment.The bottom is slightly roomier, but not enough room to turn around.The hole changed to move forward horizontally, Li Qichen adjusted his body, and continued to crawl following Tong Shui's movement in front of him. This section of the road is already pitch black, and the direction is hard to discern, and the hole is quite narrow, and you can feel the vertical and horizontal bamboo roots above your head.Li Qichen crawled forward sideways, always feeling that his injured leg could not use his strength, and his chest was very tight, but after walking more than a hundred steps, the hole began to tilt upwards, and the sky could already be seen, so he stretched out his hand to hold Tong Shui down As soon as his arms, waist and legs exerted strength, he crawled out. This is a small stele pavilion, made of unpeeled bark logs, covered with thatch, and below is a simple and unadorned stele, with four large characters written on it—鎜谷寒潭, without a title or signature.And the hole behind him is in the center of the stele pavilion. It seems that the stele was originally covered in this hole, but due to some mechanism, the stele was removed. Li Qichen reached out and pushed the stele. The stele looked huge, but it felt very light to the touch. It seemed to be made of pumice or other stones.Looking around, there is a large piece of water, surrounded by morning mist, it looks like an island in the lake. Tong Shui said: "You wait here, I'll go check it out." After a few vertical leaps, he walked away in a hop. After a while, Tong Shui came back from another direction, holding a bamboo stick in his hand, more than four feet long and half an inch thick, he handed it to Li Qichen and said: "Here, use it! It will save some effort. " Li Qichen felt that his injured leg couldn't hold on after the crawling just now, so he didn't refuse, he stretched out his hand to take it, and used it as a crutch. Tong Shui said again: "It's a small island with nothing but a bamboo forest in the middle." Li Qichen looked back at the bamboo forest, and saw a dense green area, which seemed to be no different from ordinary bamboo forests. Outsiders would never have imagined that there would be a blue prison hidden in it. Suddenly, Tong Shou patted Li Qichen on the shoulder, and pointed to the lake with his right hand. Li Qichen looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a small boat slowly coming across the lake where the mist parted.There was a person on the boat, wearing a scarlet deep coat, holding a single pole, but saw two wide sleeves fluttering left and right, like a pair of wings, steadily driving the small boat forward slowly, and coming straight towards them. As soon as the boat touched the shore, the man jumped down, came to the two of them, stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture, and said, "Let's go! I'm here to pick you up." Tong Shu asked, "Who are you? Where are you taking us?" The man said: "You can call me 'Mr. Kandui'. As for where you are going, you will know when you go." Li Qichen bowed deeply and asked, "Why did your lord imprison us here?" Mr. Kandu tilted his head and smiled, "Of course I have something to ask of you." Tong Shui said angrily, "How can there be such a reason to beg for help?" Mr. Kandui smiled: "I did this for my own reasons. You don't matter whether you come or not, you can come with me on the boat or stay on this island, it's up to you." After saying that, he turned around. Board the ship and don't talk to me again.