Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Dance

Li Yuanfang and Ayu went forward to meet them, seeing that Di Chun, Yang Ju and others followed Di Renjie into the cave, Lin Yue stood beside Yang Ju blankly, her face still confused.At one time, a soldier came to report: only a dozen people were found in the mine shed, and when he took it to look, Li Yuanfang saw that it was the same group of blind men who were digging the tunnel that day. Looking around, he obviously didn't know what happened.Di Renjie asked the leader: "Who ordered you to dig the tunnel here?" The man looked panic-stricken, and replied that he and others were good at civil engineering, and they were arrested and gouged out their eyes a few months ago. When digging tunnels in the mountains, someone guides where to dig soil and where to erect beams every day, but they don't know the rest.Under the dim light of the torches in the cave, there were two holes for his eyes on his face, which looked extremely terrifying. Ayu had already turned his head away, and Di Renjie also frowned, looked straight at Yang Ju, and said in a deep voice: " The king of Yue and others will not be blessed by heaven if they do such a sinister thing." Yang Ju said, "Exactly."

Di Renjie ordered a group of blind people to be taken down to take care of them first, and to be released later. When the leader heard this, he only wanted to be put in prison, so he shouted: "Master, save me!" There are old and young in the village, and it was promised that the tunnel here will be paved, and they will be released back home for reunion. It was chaotic and noisy, and some soldiers came up to take people away. At that moment, Li Yuanfang briefly talked about what happened with Wang Qian so far, and took out the Linghua copper box to look at it. Di Renjie picked up a pill and sniffed it carefully, and said: "According to what you said just now, Wang Qian and others should have nothing to do with it." Time to change the pills secretly, these are indeed the medicines to repel snakes."

Li Yuanfang said: "Then why is the man in black still being attacked by snakes after being smeared with blood?" "Well," Di Renjie said, "I seem to have two possibilities. One is that the medicine has weakened after being diluted with human blood; After most people passed, the blood of the remaining three people was washed away by the river water for a long time, and the blood had already spread in the river water, and the bloody smell aroused the snakes instead, and Wang Qianneng was able to pass. , is really a fluke." Ayu reached out to take the pill from Di Renjie's hand, and said with a long breath, "Fortunately, the effort was not in vain!"

Di Renjie chuckled and said, "You bastard girl." Ayu suddenly thought about it, and then pointed at the bloody body of the man in black, but turned his head and dared not look at it, and asked, "My lord, after he took the pill, there seemed to be a layer of blue light on the skin of his hands, which is this?" Why?" Di Renjie shook his head, at this time Yang Ju also pulled Linyue forward, and when he heard what Ayu said, he smiled and said: "As the girl said, the pill was indeed made by Yuan Tiangang back then, and it was specially designed to prevent The group of snakes in this snake crossing, I have heard my grandfather talk about the symptoms of this medicine, but the effect of the medicine is very short, when the blue color disappears, the medicine will lose its effect."

"I see." Li Yuanfang nodded. Linyue screamed, pointing to the bloody, mutilated corpse on the ground, her eyes full of horror, she struggled away from Yang Ju, put her head in her hands, trembling, and murmured: "Don't blame me, don't blame me" , and suddenly opened his eyes wide again, as if he was looking for something, he caught a glimpse of the pill in Ayu's hand, he didn't know where the strength came from, he went straight to it, snatched it, and swallowed it in his mouth, then he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, eating and drinking Laughed loudly, looked at the sky and said: "Hee hee, I ate it, I can't return it to you, you can ask someone else to ask for it." After that, he pointed at Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang and others, as if there was a real person in the sky of.

Ayu was taken aback, and stayed there, only to see that the medicine in her hand had been swallowed by Lin Yue after a long while, anxious and angry, she reached out her hand to grab her, but seeing Lin Yue shrank to Yang Ju's side, trembling herself He kept on, terrified and pitiful, and didn't know how to avoid it, and he didn't have the domineering way when he first met, Ayu's heart softened, so he had to give up.Yang Ju hurriedly pulled Linyue away from her, and comforted her in a low voice. Seeing her gradually calm down, she sighed and blamed herself: "I asked Linyue to get the pill and the key from the nurse's son that day. Yue Xiang has always been ashamed and fearful of his death, ah, I really shouldn't have let her get involved in this matter." A Yu snorted coldly, but didn't speak, and when she looked at Yang Ju again, her face was filled with disdain.

Li Yuanfang said: "My lord, Wang Qian and others have already crossed the Snake Ferry, we must hurry over." "Not bad." Di Renjie nodded. You can check the pills in the copper box, there are only four pills left in total, Ayu thought to himself: Yang Ju said he knew a little about the situation in the treasure cave, and Linyue had already taken the pills, and she didn't know how to use the key or If you know it, you should go too; Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang must go, and there is another Di Chun who must follow. Look to Li Yuanfang. Li Yuanfang smiled lightly, took a pill by himself, took it, and sighed: "Since you are not afraid, I will carry you in."

After everyone had taken the medicine, Di Renjie ordered the rest of the soldiers to stay outside the cave. When the properties of the medicine appeared, he raised a torch and entered the crack in the cave wall, wading across the stone beam. Di Renjie and Di Chun took the lead, and Yang Ju pulled Linyue away. In the middle, Li Yuanfang walked at the end with Ayu on his back. Ayu took the fluorescent beads and lowered his head on Li Yuanfang's back. He was happy for a while, but at the same time he thought about the danger ahead, and his heart was beating wildly. Di Chun felt that the running water under his feet was icy cold, and the stone beam was submerged in the water, and it was very slippery. The water waves from everyone's footsteps caressed between his legs and feet, making one think of a wet and limp snake's body entwining around his feet, which made people feel ashamed. Feeling trembling in my heart, I walked across the stone beam with Di Renjie and stood on the rock on the opposite bank. Looking back, I saw that Yang Ju and Lin Yue had also come over carefully. Fang breathed a sigh of relief, but saw a big black snake with thick legs like ordinary people. Breaking through the surface of the river, it rolled straight towards the back of Li Yuanfang who was standing in the middle of the beam. Before he could say "be careful", Ayu instinctively dodged to the side of the stone beam, let go, and folded his slender waist, as if swinging behind Li Yuanfang , about to fall into the water.

Li Yuanfang heard the sound of the wind coming, and without thinking about it, she bent down to dodge it instantly, and swiped at the black snake that was coming again, forcefully forcing the black snake's body that was flying towards it to one side, and simply shot across the sky. Jumping into the river, turning her back into a hug, before Ayu fell into the water, she hugged her tightly with one hand, even picked up the piccolo that slipped out of her arms, and still jumped lightly, standing on the stone beam, the black The snake was thrown into the water by Li Yuanfang, the snake was so excited that it twisted wildly and slapped the river, and saw several black snakes breaking out of the water. Li Yuanfang circled Ayu with one hand, using the flute as a sword, and when he hit the snake's body, he felt nothing. The snake phosphorus is very hard, but the snake's body is flexible and twisted, no matter what angle it hits from, it is difficult to escape and run to the opposite bank for a while.

Di Renjie and others on the bank here saw that the stone beams were empty in all directions, and more and more black snakes emerged from the rivers on both sides, and they all stood up from the water as high as a person. They were so dark that they surrounded Li Yuanfang and A Yu. He got up, anxious in his heart, but unable to step forward to help.Suddenly seeing fluorescent fluctuations, Li Yuanfang and Ayu seemed to be surrounded by a layer of air, isolating the group of snakes, and there seemed to be a tacit understanding among the group of snakes, standing together in the water, as if they were all looking down at the two people in the circle, Suddenly not moving, suddenly shooting down, attacking in turn, although they were all blocked by the airflow urged by Li Yuanfang, Li Yuanfang and Ayu couldn't break out, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

Di Renjie's thoughts turned, and he shouted: "Ayu, Dizi." Ayu was leaning beside Li Yuanfang, unable to help, Zhengkong was in a hurry, he was startled when he heard the words, then realized, took the piccolo from Li Yuanfang's hand, put it by his mouth and began to play slowly.At the beginning, it was intermittent and out of tune, but gradually became mellow and smooth, like a nightingale singing, flying and agile, reverberating among the cracks and rocks, until everyone on the shore was stunned and forgot where they were, Di Renjie nodded and smiled secretly, Di Chunzao Her mouth was wide open, and even Linyue looked at Yang Ju with a little more tenderness.What's even more surprising is that the snakes in the river twisted their bodies slightly with the music, the flute sounded flying, the snakes stood up high, the flute sounded low, and the snakes fell down softly, following the rhythm, as if they were dedicated Dance to this tune!Ayu also seemed to have completely forgotten that she was in a dangerous situation, and in the blink of an eye, she saw Li Yuanfang looking down at her, eyes full of surprise and appreciation. In the dance of light and shadow, the two of them floated past the stone beam, Yang Ju only felt that the clothes of the two of them were fluttering, they were clear and refined, and he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed of himself. Di Chunzao went up to meet him, full of praise for Ayu's flute sound, Ayu blushed and did not answer, and then saw Di Renjie standing aside looking at him with a half-smile, hurriedly lowered his head, and suddenly saw Li Yuanfang's calves in the shirt and pants It was torn apart and dripping with blood, only then did he remember that he jumped into the water to save himself just now, and was scratched by an unknown plant in the river. He leaned over to look anxiously, but Li Yuanfang smiled faintly, and said it was okay.Di Renjie stepped forward to look at it carefully, and said, "It should be non-toxic." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Yang Ju took out the golden medicine from his bosom, and Di Chun and Li Yuanfang went to bandage themselves. Di Renjie walked aside and said: "Ayu, come here and let me have a look, are you hurt?" Ayu walked over, Di Renjie helped his pulse, and smiled softly: "I heard that there is a kind of thaumaturgy in Persia in the Western Region, called thaumaturgy. Calling 'hypnosis' can confuse people's will, but is that so?" Ayu's eyes flickered, she bit her lips lightly and said: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from my lord. Yu'er has learned this technique from a Persian since she was a child. If it wasn't for my lord's reminder today, Yu'er would never have thought of repelling the snake with this." "Well," Di Renjie nodded, and said softly: "You have already tried this technique on me the night you first came to the mansion, and the guy from the mine also thought that he really had a dream entrusted by Guanyin Bodhisattva. .” Ayu was embarrassed: "My lord, Yu'er has never been malicious!" Di Renjie laughed and said, "I believe you." Ayu showed her face and smiled, before going to see Li Yuanfang, she turned around and bowed to Di Renjie, and said seriously: "Thank you, my lord. After this matter is over, Yu'er will explain it to you in detail." She lowered her head and thought for a while, then said : "Although Duan Jiu is not my father, he treats me very well. I also respect and love him very much."