He Sian turned his head sharply and looked at Li Ru aside, but saw that the other person also had a shocked look on his face, which didn't look like he was acting. Soon, Li Ru came back to his senses, frowned and said to Hua Xiong beside him: "Old Hua, take some people to see what's going on... Remember to be careful."
He Sian slowly closed the eyelids of the guard in his arms and sighed. The companion who had been with him day and night before left like this, which made He Sian feel doubly uncomfortable. After all, although he had just merged the memories of this life, his mentality was still fundamentally different from that of people of this era. Strictly speaking, this should be regarded as He Sian's For the first time, I watched someone I knew die tragically beside me.
'Although this is the first time something like this has happened, it will definitely not be the last time. One general's success will lead to thousands of bones drying up. The ancients will not deceive me. Alas... But now that you have made a choice, you must shoulder the responsibility. '
He Si'an thought, then calmed down, put down the dead guard, led a group of people to Li Ru, frowned and asked: "Sir, what is going on?"
Li Ru, who was opposite him, seemed to have not heard anything and lowered his head in thought. The guard behind He Sian was already angry because of the tragic death of his companion. When he saw Li Ru's attitude, he couldn't help but stepped forward and shouted: "Li Ru! Why are you pretending that you didn't hear what my young master is asking you? !”
Seeing this, the soldiers behind Li Ru also drew their swords from their waists.
"stop!"
Two voices sounded at the same time, one was Li Ru, and the other was naturally He Sian. The two sides looked at each other, and Li Ru said slowly: "Your Highness, I'm afraid..." Li Ru did not continue, but turned to look in the direction Hua Xiong left, and continued: "As expected, the other party wants to trap us. Die here."
Perhaps to confirm Li Ru's words, the sound of chaotic footsteps came, and soon Hua Xiong and his party reappeared in the hall, each with a disgraced face. The leader Hua Xiong coughed, and after a while he said to Li Ru: "Sir, the entrance of the cave I don’t know who lit it on fire, and the smoke is billowing, making it impossible to pass.”
"Ahem..." Li Ruqing coughed twice and said to He Sian: "Your Highness, don't panic." Then he gave Hua Xiong a look, and Hua Xiong strode towards the wall behind the hall and knocked on it. After a while, he stopped in front of a long-lit lamp, grabbed the lamppost and pulled it down.
Following Hua Xiong's movements, the sound of the mechanism resounding under his feet made everyone happy. Only Xu Fu seemed to have thought of something and blurted out: "Not good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of falling to the ground at noon behind him! Everyone looked for the sound and saw a stone slab falling down, blocking the only entrance to the hall!
There was a commotion among the crowd, and even Niu Niu grabbed He Sian's sleeve with a nervous look. Only Li Ru, Xu Fu and He Sian could remain calm in the audience.
Soon the three of them ran to where Hua Xiong was. He Sian and Li Ru followed Hua Xiong's example and pulled the lamppost, but they could only hear a clicking sound. Other than that, there was no change in the hall! Xu Fu, who was watching all this, frowned and pondered. After a while, he came closer and gently pressed down on the lamp post, his ears pressed against the wall, as if listening to something. Seeing Xu Fu's actions, Li Ru made a ban on everyone. He made a loud gesture, and then he and He Sian came to Xu Fu's side. Seeing their arrival, Xu Fu explained: "Fu studied under Mr. Shui Jing, and he also studies the art of mechanisms on weekdays."
He Sian and Li Ru looked at each other, both showing joy, and then watched Xu Fu repeat the previous actions and tap repeatedly on the wall. After a moment, he took out the saber in his hand and stabbed it into a stone crevice on the ground, shaking the handle to pry it open.
Everyone looked closely and saw a complex mechanism composed of many gears and chains. Xu Fu ordered a guard beside him to continue to move the lamp post, while he carefully watched the movement of the gears and chains. After a moment, he stood up and said helplessly to everyone: "If your guess is correct, the mechanism here comes from Momen and is called the 'Trapped Dragon Gate'. There are two switches inside and outside, the inner one is Yin Pass and the outer one is Yang Pass. The inner one is Yin Guan could have controlled the opening of this door!"
As he spoke, Xu Shu pointed to a wall, and then continued: "But once the Yang Pass outside is locked, and the Yin Pass inside is opened, not only will the door not be able to be opened, but the cemetery will be completely locked. "
Perhaps to confirm Xu Fu's words, the sound of gears turning came from all around. Without waiting for anyone to think about it, the firelight all around suddenly began to tremble, and soon the long-bright lamps were extinguished instantly. Li Ru was the first to react and said anxiously to Hua Xiong on the side: "General Hua!" Xu Fu and the two guards also hurriedly rummaged through their backpacks, looking for fire sickles, flints, tinder and other fire-making tools prepared in advance.
Hua Xiong reacted quickly and shouted: "Royal!" As the echo of the word "Royal" rang out in the hall, although the soldiers were panicked, they were not in chaos. They quickly drew their sabers and surrounded He Sian, Li Ru and others. A semi-circular defensive formation was formed. As the last ever-burning lamp was extinguished, the hall became dark, and everyone held their breath. The sound of hammering fire sickles was heard in the hall. Although He Sian was nervous at this time, he was also complaining wildly in his heart, "This era is still too backward. It doesn't matter if there are some popular articles or the like. If you go out, you must make more inventions and creations." '
"Did you hear anything?" Someone said in a trembling voice. He Sian held his breath and concentrated, and sure enough he heard thin rustling sounds coming from all around. At this time, a wisp of flame suddenly lit up. It turned out that Xu Fu and others finally lit their own torches. Hearing the sounds from around them, the two guards threw the lit torches towards the place where the sound came from. After seeing the scene in front of them clearly, everyone gasped for air. They saw small snakes as thick as chopsticks crawling out from the gaps in the surrounding walls and rushing towards the place where everyone was. Looking from a distance, they were very dense. It's spectacular.
Hua Xiong shouted: "Great wind!!"
Hearing this, the soldiers reflexively put down the daggers in their hands, and took out their long bows and arrows from their backs. With a rapid burst of wind, hundreds of arrows were shot in all directions.
"Wind! Wind! Wind!"
With every word "wind" spoken, the soldiers would shoot a round of feather arrows. Xu Fu and others also took the opportunity to light the torches they carried and threw them around.
Soon, after several rounds of arrows were fired, everyone looked at them with despair. Facing the overwhelming swarm of snakes, the role of bows and arrows was almost useless. There are still countless little snakes crawling out from the far wall.
Seeing this, the soldiers picked up their sabers one after another, and He Sian and his group in the center of the formation also picked up their swords. However, everyone had the same idea. Facing the overwhelming snakes, they no longer had the desire to fight, so they drew out their swords. Wearing a sword can completely avoid the pain of being bitten by thousands of snakes, and be prepared to commit suicide at the critical moment.
Perhaps people in this era were already living a precarious life, so they did not appear to panic when facing death. Even scribes such as Xu Fu and Li Ru seemed very relieved after being panicked. Niu Niu on the side was nestled in He Sian's arms. Perhaps because she could die with him, He Sian even felt a hint of sweetness in Niu Niu's eyes.
As a modern person, the fear of death should be uncontrollable, but maybe because he died once, or the memory of this life was merged, He Sian is not that afraid, he just feels regretful that he has just merged the memory of this life. With his soul in mind, he was ready to fight, but he didn't expect to die before he left the army.
Looking at Niu Niu in his arms, He Si'an thought, 'In the process of fusing souls, he learned the secret of reincarnation, but he may not be able to reincarnate, which means that he will truly disappear from this world. Niuniu, Tang Ji, mother, farewell, you must be happy in the next life! '
While He Sian was thinking wildly, a low roar suddenly resounded through the hall. When the little snakes around heard the sound, they became motionless as if they had been hit by a talisman.
While everyone was looking stunned, a clicking sound suddenly sounded from the beams at the top of the hall. Everyone looked for the sound and widened their eyes. The clanking sounds of swords falling to the ground were heard one after another in the hall, but no one was aware of it. Sleep!
A huge crimson snake head appeared directly above the main hall at some point. Two adult-sized vertical eyes glowed with a faint purple light. As the snake stretched and contracted, white air spurted out from its nostrils.
Perhaps out of fear or forced by the aura of the giant snake, everyone at this moment was as unable to move as the little snakes around them. They watched helplessly as the red giant snake leaned out little by little and approached everyone. When it was about four or five meters away from everyone, the giant snake stopped, its vertical eyes opened and closed and scanned everyone one by one, and finally fixed its gaze on He Sian!
Perhaps it was an illusion, but everyone saw the giant snake showing a very anthropomorphic expression, which seemed to be excited and relieved. Then he stretched out a long snake letter to explore He Sian. Niu Niu on the side saw this and wanted to stop her, but her body could not move. He Sian seemed to feel the worry of the beauty in his arms and gave him a reassuring look.
After a while, Snake Xin touched He Sian's cheek. Strangely enough, He Sian not only felt no fear at all, but instead felt a feeling of concern in his heart like an elder would for a junior whom he had not seen for many years.
"What's going on?" Before He Si'an could think about it, the giant snake slowly retracted its letter, and its huge body re-hidden into the darkness of the roof. During this period, its eyes were locked on He Si'an, just as the giant snake was about to disappear. When he stood up, he glanced at the dragon chair in the center of the hall intentionally or unintentionally. A voice rang in He Sian's mind: "Nine behind the dragon chair, five to the left!" and then disappeared.
The little snakes on the side also turned around and crawled back into the holes like the ebb tide of the sea. Soon, the hall returned to silence.
I don't know how long it took, but a series of 'thump thump' sounds were heard in the hall. Everyone slumped to the ground as if exhausted. The only exception was He Sian. Feeling the weakness of the beauty in his arms, He Sian sat down and put Niuniu in his arms to let her recover slowly. His eyes fell thoughtfully on the place where the giant snake disappeared!
