Chapter 37 Chapter 36 Hope

Going forward for another distance, I saw a few big rocks in the river channel, and the water flow split at this point, going to both sides.At this time, everyone was tired for most of the night, their stomachs were empty, and they were already very sleepy. Di Renjie gradually felt exhausted, so he found a place to sit by the water, and asked Di Chun to take out the guide fish, look at the direction, and then make plans. On the one hand, he asked Li Yuanfang: "Yuanfang, we came all the way just now, but did we see five circular marks?" "Not bad." Li Yuanfang replied. "Well, do you remember the nine suns painted above the invading team on the mural? Now think about it, could the meaning of these nine suns be this: the enemy knew that they could not enter the cave from the entrance of the valley?" Hall, so trying to find a way to enter from the outside of the mountain, I should have sent people to search for it from some interconnected caves, adjusted the direction several times on the way, and it took a long time to determine the location of the 'Youluo' temple , and because it is difficult to walk in the middle of the mountain, no one has ever known the road that was finally determined. In order not to get lost during a large-scale attack, a mark was made on the top of the cave along the way. And "You Luoshi" thought that the entrance was unbreakable, Unless they have knives and mirrors, ordinary people can't enter, but they don't know that the enemy will find another way to kill them, so they are almost broken into the cave hall. After checking, they found these guiding marks and painted them in the murals " Di Renjie said: "If the interior of the mountain has not undergone great changes for thousands of years, there should still be four circular marks on the road leading to the exit."

Di Chun fiddled with the guide fish, and said aside: "Master, it seems to be the river on the right, and the direction on the left seems to be wrong." Di Renjie frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Now there is no other way, but go to the right first, if you can find the rest of the marks, it will be pretty good." Everyone jumped over the stones in the river, and continued to move forward. The terrain widened, but the roof of the cave was getting closer to the ground, as if walking in a crevice, and the various shapes of lava gradually disappeared, replaced by some ordinary rocks. Scattered everywhere, the river became shallower, and there were a few places where there was nothing, only flowing thinly between the rocks, and everyone passed by the river, which saved a lot of effort than before, and found two more on the top of the cave. Counting, we have seen seven circles, and thinking that the exit is very likely to be in front, everyone can't help being hopeful, but also a little worried.

After an appointment for a cup of tea, the space in front of him became shorter and shorter. Li Yuanfang stopped and looked carefully. After a few more steps, the rock on the top was almost close to the ground. She went forward with Hu Lvchong to check: it turns out The rock on the top of the cave stretches down, just like an extremely wide roof beam, crossing the river. If you want to pass through it, you have to lie flat on the hull of the boat, and the river narrows here, and the water flow becomes more turbulent. At a glance, there are still a few whirlpools hidden in the nearby water surface. If you think about the abrupt rocks at the bottom, it is really not easy to go upstream with a boat at this moment.Li Yuanfang thought to himself that he might be able to pass, but the rest of the people are really not sure at all, so they must not take risks.

Hu Lu rushed back and said, "Di Chun, give me another firework." Di Chun took out the fireworks and handed them over. Hu Lu rushed to tore off a piece of cotton thread from his clothes, tied the fireworks to the crossbow bolts he had just brought, lit them with fire, prostrated himself on the ground, and shot them into the crevice of the mountain. Disappearing in the darkness, the instant light shines very far ahead, and the ground can be seen slightly slanting upwards. On that 'roof beam', the phosphorescence of the eighth circular mark faintly glows.Hu Luchong sighed, stood up, and said, "The way is right."

Li Yuanfang looked at Di Renjie: "My lord, I'm afraid I can't pass through here." Di Renjie nodded, raised his eyes to look to the other side, and replied, "Look again to see if there are other roads. Yuan Fang, there seems to be a layer of gap above the top of the schist. See if my eyes are dazzled." Li Yuanfang bent down and took two steps, and when he raised his head again, he no longer felt the pressure of the rock. Sure enough, there was room above the rock formation. With a light leap, it was as if he had reached the upper attic of a house. It was actually very spacious, but the walls were covered with The rock was not connected to the river below, Li Yuanfang felt slightly disappointed, lowered his head and shouted: "My lord, this is a cave above."

Hu Luchong also turned up when he heard the words, Li Yuanfang reached out to pull Di Renjie, Di Chun and Ayu pushed back, but fortunately the rock formation was not high from the ground, Di Renjie was not surprised when he saw that the road was blocked, he stroked the surrounding rock walls, He only felt his hands were dry, not as wet and greasy as the rocks he saw when he came here. He pondered for a while, and said: "It seems that we have walked out from the bottom of Yishui, and we may have reached the foot of Xiangshan Mountain in the east. If the road indicated by the marker can lead to the outside of the mountain, we are already close to the end, and we just need to find a way to get there.”

Ayu sighed and leaned against the cave wall, silent. Everyone was thinking for themselves, when they suddenly heard a few muffled sounds in the distance, and then, a slight vibration came through several layers of rocks. Everyone was startled, and when they stuck to the cave wall and listened again, there was no movement. Di Renjie's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "Is it gunpowder?" Li Yuanfang's expression lifted, could it be Li Kaigu?Hu Luchong also said happily: "Brother Kaigu must be using gunpowder to dig mountains. He is not stupid. I thought he was going to let someone dig a hole!"

"Well, it should be early in the morning. It's not yet dawn. The craftsmen who built the Buddhist caves don't know how to use gunpowder. If someone is outside to rescue us, that person must be Kaigu. Fortunately, he escaped safely." Di Renjie He breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Ayu again, and said with a smile: "I think Duan Jiu must have come to Yique to roughly confirm the location - he is finally worried about you, thanks to his map." Ah Yu suddenly thought of something, pulled Di Renjie and asked: "My lord, since gunpowder can blow up rocks, don't we still have some fireworks, why not use them to blow up the passage?"

Li Yuanfang smiled and said, "Silly girl, the gunpowder used in the fireworks is different from the black powder used to explode mountains, and it cannot be used. Besides, the gunpowder is far from enough." Ayu's face flushed, and she didn't dare to say any more, Di Renjie laughed lightly. Hu Luchong said: "No, brother Kaigu didn't know that we were not far away from him, he planted explosives in one go and blow them over, wouldn't we suffer too!" "That's right," Di Renjie nodded, and suddenly saw the puppy sitting obediently aside, a thought flashed in his mind, and he asked, "Brother Hulu, can your puppy walk through that mountain gap by itself?" After answering, Ayu said excitedly: "My lord, you mean to ask Baixue to try to get out and find Li Kaigu?"

Hu Lvchong said without even thinking about it: "It's no problem, Bai Xue is very smart and will definitely be able to complete this task. I just met Li Kaigu, how can I tell him our news?" Di Renjie lowered his head and thought for a while, took out Duan Jiu's map, estimated his location, pointed to the map and said: "Look, we probably have come here, and Duan Jiu wrote 'near Yishui, how naked are you? Stone, no vegetation, mud and grass', if it really is like this, it will be easier to handle." After that, he gently tore a thin hole in this position with his hand, and said: "Yu'er, I will lend you a purse to use. .” After Ayu took off the purse, Di Renjie carefully folded the map, put it in the purse, handed it to Hu Lvchong and said, “I hope Kai Gu and Duan Jiu can understand what I mean.”

Hu Lvchong nodded, picked up the puppy, and whispered a few words to it, and saw that the puppy seemed to understand, shook its tail, gave a "woo", put Ayu's purse in its mouth, and jumped off. Rock formations, swimming away from the cracks in the mountains.Hu Luchong stood on the edge of the river, as if seeing off an old friend, very reluctant to part with him, seeing the puppy swim far away, he warned: "When you see Li Kaigu, don't pee on his feet, get down to business It's important." Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang and others couldn't help laughing when they heard this. Hu Lu rushed back to the upper cave, sat lazily on the ground, sighed and said: "Bai Xue will not be able to come back for a while, so we can only sit and wait?" Li Yuanfang shook his head and looked at Di Renjie. Seeing Di Renjie raised his head, staring blankly at the rock wall above, motionless, Hu Luchong was very surprised, can you see a flower on this rock wall? Di Chun persuaded softly: "Master, please sit down and rest." Di Renjie seemed to have never heard of it, and after a while, he turned around slowly, facing the crowd, and said: "If you want to go out, there may be another way to try, but there is no tool at hand at the moment, and you still need to go back to the cave to get it." Li Yuanfang said: "My lord, just give orders." Hu Lvchong also said: "It's nothing to go back, just go ahead and talk." "Okay," Di Renjie pointed to the rock above his head and said, "I just said that this place should have come out of the bottom of the Yishui River, at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain. Take the white snow and go out to find Kaigu. We have to try to open the mountain from the inside out. If Baixue finds it Kai Gu, he can hear the voice here again, and it would be the best if he could cooperate with us from the inside out; if Bai Xue can't move the rescuers, we will naturally have to find our own way out." Ayu said: "Without explosives, how can I dig the mountain by hand? Could it be that I went back and got weapons to chisel the rocks?" "Of course not," Di Renjie said with a smile, "Yuanfang, brother Hulu, you two should walk faster, go to the cave hall, and find something that can be burned from the things Gao Changgong left behind. The more the better." , I want a few more large boxes that are not leaking—I have my own use. On the return journey, you can put your things in the boxes and transport them along the river." After thinking for a while, he said: "Why don't you just take some arrows Well, in short, the more prosperous the better, hehe, if Gao Changgong knows that we use his treasures as firewood, I don't know how to feel." Right now Li Yuanfang and Hu Luchong were about to leave, and Di Chun wanted to follow them to help. Li Yuanfang knew that this trip would take a long time, so she asked Di Chun to stay and take care of Di Renjie and Ayu, and repeatedly urged, You must protect your lord, and wait for yourself and Hulu to rush back. Di Renjie, Ayu, and Di Chun sat down against the rock wall, and there was silence everywhere, and the sound of exploding stones outside the mountain did not resound again.Only now did Di Renjie feel numbness in his legs, sore shoulders and back pain, and he sighed secretly.Seeing Ayu dazed in a daze, she didn't know what she was thinking, so she asked softly, "Yu'er, are you afraid?" Ayu shook her head, nodded again, put her chin on her hand, looked blankly at the darkness in the distance, and murmured: "Yu'er is thinking, the ruins left by the Luo family back then should have been destroyed by thousands of years of dust. Burying, is it because the mirror and the knife were stained with spirituality, unwilling to be silent, and fell into reincarnation again, causing many worldly people to be crazy about it? My master, Duan Jiu's father, Wu Uncle, and everyone who is here in Yique today People, whether we want it or not, are all influenced by it invisibly, and now the precious mirror has been buried in the valley forever with our ancestors, but we don't know if our destiny can get rid of its influence?" Di Renjie smiled slightly, sure enough, the girl was thoughtful and sentimental. Ayu withdrew his gaze and asked cautiously, "My lord, are you not worried at all?" "Hehe, I think it's because I'm older and have experienced many things, so I don't worry much. Over the years, I almost died several times, but my luck is very good, every time I miss it, Yan The prince failed to take me." Di Renjie looked relaxed, and comforted him: "Don't worry, Yu'er, even if my method fails, Yuan Fang will definitely take you out of here. You are still young, so there is no need to be so worried Think, until the last moment, we should not give up our efforts." Di Chun interjected with a smile: "It's not the master's luck, it's the place where it works." Pointing to his head, he said: "Every time there is an emergency, if it is placed on someone else, I am afraid that nine out of ten will die. That year, the master was accused of treason and fell into the hands of Lai Junchen and others. Everyone in the family said that this time he was doomed. Who knew that the master himself pleaded guilty, wrote down the whole story in the interlayer of his clothes, and ordered someone to secretly take him out of the cell , Only then did he escape the torture, and he was able to clarify his grievances in front of the Queen of Heaven. Follow the master, you can never go wrong." Ayu nodded, seeming to realize something.