Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Snake Crossing

Ayu followed quietly down the tunnel. Seeing that the fluorescent light in front of him was getting farther and farther away, and the darkness in the tunnel gradually returned, she couldn't help being anxious, and reached out to touch the wall of the tunnel, not daring to think that there would be something on the cool and wet soil wall. What a terrible thing, simply closed his eyes, and ran forward quickly.Hearing the sound of her own footsteps and the sound of clothes rubbing against each other echoed in the tunnel, Ayu was frightened, she tripped suddenly, and felt that she had hit a soft wall, her hands clung to it desperately so as not to fall, when she opened her eyes, There was a glow in front of his eyes, Li Yuanfang was standing in front of him, supporting himself with one hand, his eyes were amused and angry, he asked Ayu, "Why did you follow?"

Ayu hastily put down the two hands that were holding Li Yuanfang's skirt, turned her back behind her back, lowered her head and said softly, "Didn't your lord want me to follow you?" But there was a hint of satisfaction in her voice. Li Yuanfang sighed pretentiously, stretched out a hand and said: "If you are at your speed, I'm afraid the treasure will have been emptied by the time we arrive." Ayu stuck out her tongue, obediently took Li Yuanfang's hand, and the two rushed forward. The tunnel was significantly longer than what Li Yuanfang saw that day. After walking for a while, I gradually heard voices not far away. I saw a door in front of it was open, but the wood was rough, and I could still smell it when I approached. The smell of wood was obviously new. Li Yuanfang slowed down and looked back at Ayu. Ayu nodded and became more careful on her feet.

Turning around a rock wall, Li Yuanfang looked at the surrounding terrain carefully, and entered the cave in the middle of the mountain through the tunnel. The cave hall is relatively wide. Sprinkle some powder on the ground, the leader is Wang Qian.Li Yuanfang looked down at his feet, and saw that the ground was covered with a layer of yellow powder. Ayu had already covered his mouth and nose, thinking that what the other party sprinkled along the road was realgar and other snake repellent powder.Seeing dozens of men in black scatter all the way to the cave wall, Li Yuanfang was wondering, but saw that under the light of the torches, a long gap appeared on the cave wall a few feet away, about one person's height in front of him, reaching the cave wall. The two sides of the wall gradually closed and disappeared, and the flickering flames looked like a strange mouth that had been split open, unfathomable.When I was young, a man in black said to Wang Qian: "There is a dark river under the gap. The subordinates are afraid that the medicine powder will not work if it is impacted by the water." Everyone also stopped and waited for Wang Qian's order.Wang Qian said: "This place should have arrived at the Snake Ferry, and the snakes are most likely hiding in the dark river, everyone should be more careful." Everyone agreed, and Wang Qian carefully took out something from his arms. When Li Yuanfang looked intently, it was Tara The Linghua copper box under the base of the Buddha statue moved in his heart, and he pulled Ayu out from behind the rock wall, and said with a loud smile, "Didn't Vice General Wang leave for Beijing?" The man relaxed, and said: "General Li is also a smart man. If I can enter this cave today, I'm afraid General Li will look at him with admiration when I return to Chang'an." He took out a pill from the interlayer of the box and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I also want to thank Lord Di and General Li for giving me the elixir."

Li Yuanfang smiled but didn't answer, she just turned her head to Ayu and said, "You girl, what the hell did you do when you secretly took out the Buddha statue that day?" Ayu blinked, and said softly: "Brother Li guessed it right again, anyway, I am also the daughter of the thief, but I took that Buddha statue for fun, as for the pills inside - I also want to see and eat my new one." I'm afraid of ghosts, what will happen?" After speaking, he opened his eyes and looked towards Wang Qian. Wang Qian looked at the pill in his hand, and suddenly sneered, "General Li can really make jokes."

Li Yuanfang didn't say a word, and simply looked at his feet with his hands behind his back, but Ayu looked eager for a good show.Wang Qian only felt sweat on his forehead. After thinking for a while, he suddenly pulled the man in black beside him, pressed his hands on his cheeks, and sent the pill into the man's mouth. From the mouth into the stomach, I couldn't help being shocked and frightened, and my face turned pale.Everyone watched with bated breath, and after about half a cup of tea, the man was terrified, seemed to be standing unsteadily, pressed his lower abdomen and slowly squatted down, suddenly caught a glimpse of blue light shining from the skin on his hands, and rolled his eyes , just fainted.

Wang Qian's expression changed, he looked at the copper box in his hand, he was still in doubt, when he suddenly heard the wind blowing in his ears, a black sock and a blue dress passed by, when he looked intently, his hand was empty, and Li Yuanfang was still standing quietly in the same place, but his hand was still empty. But there is an extra copper box. Ayu clapped her hands and laughed, "Brother Li, it seems that my 'Fear of Ghosts' is really effective." Li Yuanfang opened the copper box and saw that there were still five pills inside, and said with a slight smile, "I'm afraid it's not your pills that are powerful, but it's because Vice General Wang's subordinates are too careless."

Wang Qian knew he had been duped, and said angrily, "I never thought that General Li would do such a cunning thing." A Yu hurriedly replied: "Brother Li is just joking with you, with his skills, it is not convenient to take what you have in your hands?" Wang Qian was so choked that he was speechless, and when he saw the man in black just now, he fell on the ground unconsciously, and the rest of the people did not dare to come forward to help him, Wang Qian dragged the man fiercely, and went to the crack in the cave wall , piled the man into the crack, and brought it up for a moment. Everyone was puzzled, but saw Wang Qian swung his knife and cut off an arm of the man in black. The man woke up suddenly, screamed, Li Yuanfang was far away Looking from a distance, before they could stop them, everyone was surprised to see the change, and they all froze there. When Wang Qian smeared his shoes, socks, pant legs, hands and faces with the blood of the man in black, he seemed to understand: the man in black has taken it. The medicine to repel snakes naturally dissolves in the blood.Wang Qian ordered in a low voice: "Let his blood be put on his body." Everyone followed the order and followed the law. The cave was like a ghost prison on earth. The sound of blood and screams still echoed in the cave hall, Li Yuanfang didn't expect Wang Qian to be so cruel, so he quickly covered Ayu's eyes with one hand, not daring to let her look again.

All of a sudden, people in black entered the crack, and Li Yuanfang pulled Ayu to follow him. When he got to the crack, he looked down, only to find that the dark river in the crack was three or four feet wide, and the highest part of the gap was no more than one person tall. The canines and canthus of the rock are intertwined, making it impossible to leap over. The dozen or so men in black lined up in a row and slowly passed a stone beam that was half submerged in the water. When the torch shined on it, it could be seen that the stone beam only allowed one person to pass. There seemed to be some sharp and spiky blades of grass protruding from the water outside the beam. Although they didn't know what they were, they looked extremely dangerous. There was an undercurrent in the water where the fire was out of reach, and there was a weirdness everywhere. Very nervous, every step seems to be extra cautious.At this moment, Ayu's eyes widened, and she leaned beside Li Yuanfang and watched intently, only to see that Wang Qian passed the stone beam first, urging everyone to go quickly, and after a while, only the last three people were still on the stone beam, and the rest were gone. When we crossed the river, voices could be heard, and there seemed to be another cave on the other side, which could not be seen clearly because of the blocking of rocks on the top of the cave.

Suddenly there was a loud sound of water, a thick black rope flew up in the dark river, only one roll, and the person standing at the end was pulled into the water and disappeared. It returned to calm.The two were shocked, and rushed to the opposite bank. They had almost passed the stone beam, but they saw several black ropes emerging from the river. Ayu blurted out in alarm: "Snake!" The man shot at him and dragged him into the water, and the other man was also tightly wrapped around his waist, and he grabbed the rock on the bank with both hands, but the rock was wet and slippery, and finally disappeared into the river.But in an instant, the three people were killed, and the river surface was completely dark again, only the sound of running water could be faintly heard.Li Yuanfang turned to look at Ayu, saw that her complexion was pale and she couldn't say a word, and she was already clammy and cold while holding Ayu's hand.

Hearing the noise at the entrance of the tunnel, it turned out that Di Renjie led the crowd to arrive.