There was a lot of people and chaos.
Compared to the scene of strict patrols at the entrance, smoke curled up deep in the Ten Thousand Poison Cave and was extremely lively.
On the other hand, the fire-breathing side had the smallest number of people gathered around. The onlookers who were performing stunts on steel blades and tightropes were gradually attracted by the Gu Masters competing against insects over there.
"The banker is open, the banker is open, the more you bet, the more you make..."
Chi Meng's face was covered with a gauze scarf, and she hugged the empress's arm and whispered: "In the past, insect competition was a grand event, and everyone would prepare for a long time before starting the competition, and my father also stipulated the rule of finishing the competition... Now that Poisonous Bastard has reached the point where the insect has become a kind of gambling, if you are not careful, the insect will die..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd over there started making noises. Li Jing looked over and saw the man on the left in the center of the crowd holding up a centipede and kissing it.
"Well done!"
The Gu Master on the right who was competing with him was already lying on the ground unconscious with a purple complexion.
The empress looked coldly at the laughing crowd: "With such barbaric behavior, who can choose a good Gu Master?"
Li Jing did not answer her words, but just squinted as several masked guards wearing black scarves quietly carried away the body of the dead Gu Master, while the onlookers also seemed to be used to it. This person turned a blind eye and continued the next round of competition lively.
Li Jing frowned and watched the Liuzong Gu flying in front of a few people slowly shaking its wings to lead them.
How many soldiers should Chi Li prepare?
At this moment, the flow trace Gu in front suddenly accelerated, its wings shook rapidly, and it was about to rush into the dense crowd in front.
Chi Meng let go of the empress's hand and chased after her in surprise.
"Quick! He's nearby!"
Li Jing quickly looked around, and followed Chi Meng closely with the empress.
The flowing trace Gu didn't care about the owner's feelings at all. He turned left and right in the crowd and almost lost the trace.
Chi Meng followed closely, sweat dripping from his forehead.
Li Jing observed the surroundings vigilantly while paying attention to Chi Meng's situation in front.
A few people just followed the guidance of Liuzong Gu and came to rows of remote thatched houses. The lively scene in the center of Ten Thousand Poison Cave gradually dissipated. Even human figures were extremely rare here.
Chi Meng panted and walked up to Liuzong Gu who was spinning in circles, and was stunned for a moment.
Li Jing followed, looked at the environment here, and asked, "Why doesn't it keep walking?"
Chi Meng's eyes were a little complicated, and he silently put the trace Gu into the gourd.
"His poison has been released..."
Li Jing's eyes were slightly cold, and he threw the sword box on the ground and looked at the empress: "Is there an ambush?"
The empress folded her hands on her chest and shook her head lightly: "There is no other person's breath around."
Chi Meng was silent for a while and walked towards the depths of the thatched house.
"We used to play here a lot when we were kids. There should be some clues..."
The two looked at each other and followed slowly.
Chi Meng pushed open a thatched house, only to see that nothing had fallen into the room and dust was everywhere.
Li Jing frowned and raised the flying dust in front of his face, then looked around the room.
"Could it be this one?"
Chi Meng was also a little confused: "This used to be a storage room when I was a child. I would sneak in here to play when no one came around. The other rooms were built later, so this room should be it!"
Li Jing touched her chin and thought for a while, watching the house slowly retreat, only to find that there were faint traces of being burned on the left side of the house.
"Has there been a fire here before?"
Chi Meng nodded: "It was struck by lightning once before. Later, my father thought it was not safe to store the supplies here, so he moved them to another place, so this place became idle."
Li Jing walked towards the left side of the room, slowly looked at the wall, and then stopped at a spot in the middle of the wall.
"Come and take a look at this place."
Chi Meng and the Empress walked over curiously, watching Li Jing slowly pull out a piece of wood from the wall, and then took out a plain white note from it.
"It's okay, King Jiao, leave quickly."
Just like underground workers delivering information...
Li Jing was speechless. He didn't know if You Chuan knew whether Chi Meng could find the note alone...
so……
Li Jing glanced behind him.
Has he been following us?
Chi Meng gritted his teeth: "This little bastard must know where my father is, but he just doesn't want to tell me!"
The empress looked at Li Jing's strange expression: "What do you think?"
Li Jing thought for a while and said to Chi Meng: "King Hu is probably fine now, but he must be under house arrest by Duke Du. We have to find a way to let You Chuan meet us."
Chi Meng bit her lip with an anxious look on her face.
"Dad is being imprisoned, and other uncles and uncles are also missing. Something big must happen in Ten Thousand Poison Cave! My dad must be rescued!"
Li Jing said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, it's been a while since we've been waiting for so long. We are not thinking of a solution. We must not act to scare the snake away..."
Chi Meng pursed his lips and put his hands behind his back: "I..."
At this time, the sound of a figure falling to the ground sounded slightly, and Li Jing's whole body tensed up instantly.
The empress held his hand down and said calmly: "One of our own."
Hou Qing threw an unconscious man wearing patterned Miao clothes to the ground with a serious look on his face.
"I think we have fallen into someone else's net."
Li Jing walked over, raised the man's head on the ground, and saw the blood-red patterns on his face.
"died?"
Hou Qing nodded and glanced at the small note in Chi Meng's hand: "He committed suicide. The poison exploded in his body instantly. I can't stop him."
How could Mr. Poison know...
Li Jing looked at the empress with a solemn face.
"It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's leave first and then discuss it."
At this moment, a bang sounded in the distance, and the empress instantly turned her head to look outside the thatched house.
Countless footsteps were heard in disorder, the clash of swords and armor and leaves was heard, and then there was the tense sound of a bow and arrow being fully drawn.
A white-haired young man wearing purple and red clothes led a conjoined twin through the thatched hut in front.
"Yu! Chuan!"
Chi Meng gritted his teeth, his voice filled with anger.
Looking at Chi Meng with a complicated expression, You Chuan's eyes swept over Hou Qing and the Empress, and finally stopped at Li Jing.
"On the order of Duke Du, I came here to greet His Highness."
Li Jing raised his eyebrows and glanced at the countless archers in all directions.
"Does your Ten Thousand Poison Cave welcome people like this?"
You Chuan looked calm: "The situation is special, please forgive me, Your Highness."
Chi Meng's face looked surprised and hesitant.
"Your Highness?"
Li Jing ignored You Chuan and quickly thought about the reasons.
"Ignore him, Chi Li is out of his mind."
I heard the conjoined twins over there chuckle, and their heads, one big and one small, tilted at the same time, revealing an indescribable feeling of weirdness.
"Sister Chi Meng, uncle Hou Qing, hello..."
Hou Qing clapped his hands with the bone flute and frowned: "Why are you two getting more and more ugly?"
"Ghost Batzi, Huatou Yao."
