Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen

At that moment, Li Yuanfang bandaged the wound on his leg casually, and still came over with Di Chun. Everyone held up the torches to check the situation in the cave. They saw that the terrain gradually rose from the river bank to the depth of the cave. On the ground, or in mid-air, all kinds of strange protrusions are formed. In the light of the fire, there seems to be a shadow of a person, and the place where the light cannot reach is even more pitch-black, making it difficult to see into the depths. Going up the steep slope, a large field of flowers suddenly caught everyone's eyes. It turned out that everyone's perspective was from bottom to top, and the leaves of this flower were very dark in color, almost the same as the rocks. At this moment, they suddenly saw this very strange flower. They were all in the dark cave, and people were shocked. Di Chun held up the torch and approached. He saw that the flowers had five petals, and the big ones were about the size of a palm. It was difficult to distinguish the colors in the firelight, and they seemed to be black petals. There is also a layer of multicolored oily light on the top, presumably because there has never been sunlight in the cave, so the flowers grow very strangely.Di Renjie looked carefully, and saw a few berries falling under the layers of leaves. Li Yuanfang stretched out his foot to touch them lightly, and the berries rolled down the slope and fell into the dark river. Everyone waited for a while, and saw several fruits falling from the branches and rolling into the river. Wherever the water splashed, a group of snakes were vying to eat them.

Ayu wondered: "So the snakes want to eat this fruit." Then he thought: "Why don't those snakes come ashore to eat by themselves?" He lowered his head to check his hands, but saw that the light blue color of the snake-repelling pills had faded. Can't help but exclaimed: "My lord, the medicinal effect just now has expired!" Everyone checked their complexion, and they all returned to normal, but it was obvious that the snakes did not swim up to the shore, Yang Ju was also puzzled, he just said that he never heard what his grandfather said about it.Di Renjie pondered for a while, squatted down, and carefully inspected the rock under his feet. He saw that the rock was smooth, and he didn't know how the flowers beside him could take root here. He was secretly amazed, and saw that in the light of the fire, there was also a blue light on the rock. With a slight movement in his heart, he blurted out: "Yuanfang, look at the blue ore powder on this rock. Is it similar to our skin color after taking the medicine?" A layer of special minerals faintly emits fluorescent blue light.

"So that's how it is," Li Yuanfang said to Di Renjie: "The pills that Yuan Tiangang made in this mountain that day probably extracted the mineral that can repel snakes from the mountain rocks." "Well, it is indeed possible," Di Renjie said: "Look at this cave, because the group of snakes are tempted by the strange fruits on the slope, they live in the dark river and refuse to leave, but they are afraid of the rocks on the bank and cannot swim ashore. Come, it just became a natural barrier to guard the cave and prevent outsiders from entering easily."

Li Yuanfang said: "There are only six pills in the copper box, and the medicine is not long-lasting. I think it's because when you make the medicine, you know that when you return from the cave, you can get local materials and use them to drive snakes away?" Di Renjie nodded and said: "There is another possibility, that is, after obtaining the treasure, there is no need to go back the same way, so there is no need to prepare extra pills." Di Chun and A Yu also nodded in agreement.Yang Ju thought for a while, and suddenly felt a cold war: "If there is no return to this trip, naturally there is no need for pills." There is a hint of fear in the words.

Before Di Renjie could speak, Ayu rolled his eyes, and Yang Ju knew he had made a slip of the tongue, so he had no choice but to stop talking. Di Renjie only said that this flower is very weird, and everyone should avoid it carefully. They were about to go around the flower bushes, but Di Renjie stopped again, staring at a blooming flower carefully, and frowned. There seems to be a thin black line wriggling on the petals, because of the color of the petals, if you don’t look carefully, you can’t detect it. The black line runs along the meridians on the petals to the middle of the stamen. The pistil of the flower stands tall, and there is a drop of water. Hanging at one end, it seems that the drip is not dripping. "Ants!" Ah Yu shouted, it turned out that the black line was made up of hundreds of ants, suddenly the flower trembled, and the five petals suddenly closed together, all the ants on the petals were wrapped in the flower, the flower branch twisted, as if swallowing, After about half a cup of tea, the petals were still open. When everyone looked again, they could no longer see the ants that had just climbed into the stamens, and a drop of exudate from the pistils had reached the outer edge of the petals, and was moving slowly. It turned out that there was a circle of Ants are hastily transporting exudate from the flower stalk to the ground.Ayu was dumbfounded, and Di Renjie sighed: "This flower attracts ants with the secretion from the pistil, and feeds on the ants, and the ants are willing to risk their lives to get the secretion. One flower and one ant are truly miraculous creations." !"

Suddenly heard a scream, Li Yuanfang stepped in front of Di Renjie to protect him. When everyone followed the sound, they saw Wang Qian holding Linyue, half hidden behind a stone pillar, and said with a sneer, "Master Di, if you don't want to hurt her life, Please order Li Yuanfang and the others not to embarrass me in this cave." After saying that, he tightened the arms around Lin Yue's neck, until Lin Yue choked.It turned out that just now everyone was only looking at the strange flowers in the cave, and never thought that Wang Qian and others had crossed the snake ferry first and then did not go deep. They just hid behind this stone pillar and waited for an opportunity to rob Linyue.Ayu looked at Linyue being restrained and unable to say a word, she was really pitiful, looked at Yang Ju, and said angrily: "Is she your fiancée after all? You can't even look down on a person!" Yang Ju He looked ashamed and didn't say a word.Li Yuanfang turned his head to look at Di Renjie, but Di Renjie shook his head with a smile, indicating that Lin Yue's life must not be in danger at this time.

Suddenly Yang Ju's throat was hoarse, and he said word by word: "If you dare to hurt her hair again, I will make you die without a place to die!" After being stimulated, his temperament changed drastically, and he secretly wondered in his heart, but it was hard to blame him.Li Yuanfang was startled when he heard the words, and quickly glanced at Di Renjie, and when he turned to look at Wang Qian, he seemed to be frightened by Yang Ju's expression, with a slightly frightened expression on his face, he didn't speak, and only held Lin Yue to avoid him Where the stone pillar moved, there were still several men in black following closely behind.

Seeing that Di Renjie was afraid to follow too closely, Wang Qian whispered in Linyue's ear: "I died so badly, princess, please return the Tara Buddha statue to me." Linyue's body shook , the blank look in his eyes disappeared, and he said after a while: "So it's you!" Wang Qian chuckled and said, "Where are ghosts and gods in the world? I'm afraid the princess has ghosts in her heart." Linyue raised her eyes to look at Yang Ju, ignored Wang Qian, and fell into deep thought. Wang Qian said softly, "The princess should thank you—on the way to see her off that day, the princess knows how she suddenly fainted and woke up. On Yang Ju's bed?" His words were full of obscenities.Linyue turned her head suddenly, with tears in her eyes, she said in a trembling voice: "It turns out...you hurt me!" Suddenly, she pushed Wang Qian with all her strength, but unexpectedly, she slipped and fell backwards Go, Wang Qian was unprepared for a while, but when he stretched out his hand, it was empty. It turned out that the rock behind Linyue was a shallow ditch. Linyue screamed and fell down. Fortunately, a man in black with sharp eyes and quick hands jumped down. , and hugged Linyue first.

Linyue was at the bottom of the ditch, her heart seemed to jump out of her chest in shock, all she could hear was people rushing over, and Yang Ju shouted: "Hurry up and save Linyue!" Then he said: "Only Linyue knows How to use the key! Don't let her have any mistakes!" Lin Yue's heart sank, and she suddenly saw the man in black who had saved her with one hand across his chest, with a curved and ugly scar on it from the back of the palm to the forearm. Very glaring.Lin Yuexin said: Yes, it is this arm, I have seen it twice. The first time was in the hut, I knew the secret of the wet nurse’s son, but I couldn’t make up my mind whether to put the packet of medicine that Yang Ju gave me in his porridge, he was already seriously injured , even if I don't prescribe the medicine, he won't live long.But, but why when I came back from the house, I saw blood pouring out of his mouth, ears and nose, and he was still struggling and screaming in a low voice?Yes, it was this scar that stretched out its hand behind me and covered my eyes, but at that moment, I still saw this ugly scar, and I only heard him say: "Tell the person who meets you : You know how to use the key to open the treasure cave. You can save your life.” I don’t know how long it took, I woke up from the mountain, and there was no one around me. To kill, or to save me?

The second time, in the mountain villa, in the moonlight, I saw this scarred arm sticking out from the darkness, covering my mouth, and only whispered to me: "Since you are demented, what will happen to them?" embarrassing you." It turns out that he belongs to King Yue, but why did he defend me several times?I didn't tell Yang Ju that I knew how to use the key, in fact, I didn't know how to use it, but why did Yang Ju say that? Linyue let the man in black carry her to one side, and after a few moments of thought, she heard Wang Qian jumping down the ditch from the other side and shouting: "Hei San, come here." It turned out that he didn't even have a name , only one number.

At this time, the bottom of the ditch was brightly lit, and Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang, Di Chun, Ayu, and Yang Ju had all descended into the ditch, and Yang Ju just looked at Linyue from a distance.Seeing that Linyue was fine, Li Yuanfang and the others raised their torches to look around. The rock ditch was not deep, and the bottom of the ditch was very flat. Gradually submerged under the steep slope that everyone came up just now.There are still many stone pillars extending down from the top of the cave, but the number is very small. When it comes to the slope just now, the ditch seems to have been artificially built. Di Renjie said: "Yuanfang Dichun, come quickly and take a look, there are some murals on the wall of this ditch."