"Should we withdraw first and then make plans?" Yuan Hao was so anxious that cold sweat ran down his face, and his face looked extremely pale under the light of the torch!
"Get out!" Chen Xiaomu no longer worried about the life or death of the seven people who would be fed to the python. No matter what, the most important thing at the moment was to save the lives of his own group of people.
Hearing Chen Xiaomu's words to retreat, Yuan Hao ran towards the stone steps as if he was amnesty. Chen Xiaomu waved his hand and said to the others: "You go in front, I will stop the rear. As soon as the group of people retreated to the stone steps, suddenly they came from behind. Behind them, a warm wind carrying a disgusting stench rushed towards them.
Chen Xiaomu was shuddered and couldn't help but stop and look back. As Yuan Hao said, about six or seven feet away from him, a black shadow with a head as big as a bucket and a shape of chrome iron stood high in the air. Two small green lanterns, like will-o'-the-wisps, hung on both sides of the chromium-shaped black shadow, and kept moving toward them, making hissing sounds.
Chen Xiaomu secretly said: "Oh no, most pythons don't have very good eyesight, but this python in front of him seems to see them clearly! What should I do?" Chen Xiaomu tried his best to hold back the fishy smell of the python's breath, and his mind was racing. Turning.
"Husband, run!" Su Xingran, who had already stepped onto the stone steps, didn't hear the footsteps behind him. He looked back and saw Chen Xiaomu staring at the python in a daze. He thought he was frightened by the python and hurriedly He ran back and stretched out his hand to pull him.
Chen Xiaomu smiled bitterly and said to Su Xingran: "How fast can you run over it? At this distance, it only needs to open its mouth and suck in, and we will enter its belly!"
Su Xingran heard this and said nervously: "Husband, what should I do?"
At this time, Wei Yushang, Li Gui and others saw that Chen Xiaomu and Su Xingran did not follow them, so they quickly turned back and gathered around them. They looked at the two small lanterns hanging in the air a few feet away with fear. .
Chen Xiaomu thought for a moment and said to Su Xingran: "Wife, give me the torch and you go out and wait for me!"
When Su Xingran heard this, he immediately refused and said, "No, husband, I want to stay here too. I want to chop off the head of this evil snake with the Dragon Song Sword!"
Chen Xiaomu shook his head and said: "No, this evil beast has very strong suction power. You won't have time to spread it out before it will be sucked into its stomach. Now it doesn't dare to come over because we have torches in our hands. This evil beast is very afraid of open fires." !”
"I...!" Su Xingran still wanted to insist on staying, but as soon as he spoke, he was interrupted by Chen Xiaomu. He said anxiously: "Honey, this torch won't burn for long, so don't bother here. Don't you have to?" How many people are you willing to let this evil beast devour?"
Su Xingran said stubbornly: "Husband, if you want to stay, it's better for me to stay. I'm good at martial arts. This evil may not be able to hurt me!"
At this time, Wei Yushang and Wei Yuxin also joined in. Wei Yushang said: "Teacher, why don't we join forces and kill this giant python!"
Wei Yuxin immediately agreed: "That's right. Otherwise, if we keep it, it will come out to hurt people. This evil python has eaten so many living people, and it is full of evil. Why not take advantage of our extra manpower and kill it today!"
Chen Xiaomu sighed: "I don't want to do this, but you see, the snake head of this evil beast is chrome-iron shaped. Generally, snakes with this kind of snake head contain highly toxic substances. If it accidentally touches it during the fight, it will probably be poisoned." They are all either dead or injured, and there is no cure now!"
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at each other and were speechless for a while. Chen Xiaomu whispered to Su Xingran: "Honey, do you still remember the battle between me and Meng Da, the pioneer officer of Chu State a few months ago?"
Su Xingran looked at him and nodded: "Remember!"
Chen Xiaomu chuckled and said: "Just remember, you go out first, and wait until I use the Buddha's light to shine again and get rid of this evil beast!"
Su Xingran was stunned and asked doubtfully: "Husband, if you really have that magical power of Buddha's light, why haven't I seen you take action again in these months?"
Chen Xiaomu reminded: "Haven't you seen it before? When I use my power, I kill so many people at once, so I can't take action easily, for fear that I will accidentally hurt innocent people!"
Su Xingran recalled the scene when Chen Xiaomu and Meng Da faced each other that day. It was indeed the case. At that time, many Chu soldiers who followed Meng Da out to watch the battle died, so he turned to warn: "Husband, we are at the exit of this python cave." We are waiting for you, if anything happens, just run up and we will be there to help you!"
Chen Xiaomu took the torch from Su Xingran's hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my wife, I'm not afraid that I will hurt you with my power, so I will leave you here to see how I use my power to kill this giant python!"
When Su Xingran and others filed up from the stone steps, Chen Xiaomu held a torch in one hand and a loaded pistol in the other. He tentatively took two steps towards the two small lanterns with green light hanging in the air. As a result, the two small lanterns hanging in parallel turned into two lanterns one up and one down as the chromium-iron snake head behind them rotated. They tilted their heads and stared at Chen Xiaomu intently, but the thick snake body was still coiled in place and did not move! "
Seeing that the flames on the torch in his hand were gradually getting smaller, Chen Xiaomu looked around secretly and found that there was a stone trough on the stone wall that could just fit a person into it. He was about to squeeze in when he suddenly heard soft footsteps coming from behind him. The sound frightened him so much that he suddenly turned around and saw Wei Yuxin following behind him with two swords in his hands. I couldn't help but get angry and said, "Why don't you go up? If you stay here, it will affect my ability to kill the snake."
Wei Yuxin said coldly: "Prince Consort Chen, do you think I want to stay? I'm afraid that if something happens to you, who will I find to take the silver you promised me?"
As soon as Chen Xiaomu heard this, he knew that although she was being tough on the surface, she was actually worried about him and could not say anything else. At this time, as the flame on the torch became smaller and smaller, the giant python made a cooing sound in its mouth before it pounced on food. Chen Xiaomu He grabbed Wei Yuxin and stuffed her into the stone groove that he had previously favored. Then before the torch in his hand was extinguished, he raised his pistol and pointed it at the two small lanterns that emitted green light. "Bah, bah, bah!" Five rounds of bullets were fired in a row. Because the distance was too close and the target was too obvious, the two small green lanterns were instantly destroyed by the bullets. The python was in unbearable pain. Based on the feedback from the heat-sensing organ on the front cheek of the snake's head, it opened its huge mouth and charged. He sucked it towards where Chen Xiaomu was standing! "
Chen Xiaomu suddenly felt the fishy wind blowing around him, and his body involuntarily walked quickly in the direction of the snake's mouth. After a few steps, he seemed to feel the soft and smelly snake letter had brushed against him. In desperation, He pointed his gun at the nearby Shekou and fired wildly, shooting all the remaining bullets in the two pistols into the Shekou!
In the darkness, Chen Xiaomu only heard a "pop" sound, like the sound of objects hitting the ground. It surrounded him, and the fishy wind that pulled him forward suddenly stopped, and then there was a landslide and a crack in the ground from the python cave. There was a loud noise, like an earthquake, and there was the sound of flying sand and rocks everywhere. Wei Yuxin took out the Huozhezi from his body and blew it, holding it in his hand. As soon as he walked out of the stone groove, he was frightened by the scene in front of him. As soon as he jumped, he saw a python head half as tall as a man lying in front of Chen Xiaomu not far away. The thick and long python body behind it was like a giant whip, slapping up and down in the python cave!
Wei Yuxin walked up behind Chen Xiaomu, reached out and patted his shoulder: "Hey, did you kill this python?"
Chen Xiaomu turned to look at her and nodded slowly.
Wei Yuxin suggested: "Then let's go out too? The fishy smell from this python is too unpleasant!"
Chen Xiaomu shook his head, "That's not possible now. I want to wait until the python dies, then go into the python cave to see if the seven people who will be fed to the python are still alive!"
While they were talking, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded on the stone steps behind them. In the blink of an eye, Su Xingran, Wei Yushang and others were running in front of them holding torches.
Su Xingran first glanced at Wei Yuxin's ugly face. Facing such an ugly girl, she didn't take it seriously. She only glanced at the huge snake head lying on the ground, which made everyone stunned. Everything was normal, but she hurriedly pulled Chen Xiaomu over, put her mouth to his ear and whispered: "Husband, I just received a secret message from the city. The two traitors Lu Qian and Guan Wenjin stayed together overnight. We have raised our troops to launch a rebellion, and are currently leading the rebels to attack the palace. I want to hand this place over to General Yi to deal with the aftermath, and we will return to the city immediately to join in the counter-rebellion!"
When Chen Xiaomu heard this, he couldn't help but feel nervous. He immediately guessed that the group of Taoist priests who had been dispersed by them in Goutang Village had sneaked into the city to spread the news, which made Lu Qian and Guan Wenjin make a desperate move and rebel in advance. He couldn't help but secretly feel annoyed with himself. He focused almost all his attention on Sanqingguan, instead of arresting Lu Qian, Guan Wenjin and others in the city in advance. So he immediately nodded in agreement, beckoned to Yi Fang, gave him some instructions, and then left Sanqing Temple with Su Xingran and others as quickly as possible and rushed to the new capital!
Everyone hurriedly hurriedly walked slowly, and it took less than an hour to reach the foot of Xinjing City after traveling more than 20 miles from Mangdang Mountain to Xinjing City. Looking at the sky, Chen Xiaomu estimated that it was about five o'clock in the morning, and the horizon in the distance was A bright color has appeared, and now the main gates of the new capital city are wide open both inside and outside. Both sides of the city gate were crowded with soldiers holding spears in their hands. Two officers were riding horses, standing in front of the group of soldiers, staring at the suspension bridge that had been lowered on the moat, and whispering to each other on horseback from time to time. As if waiting for someone.
Chen Xiaomu, Su Xingran and others were hiding in a forest outside the city guard, quietly observing the group of people at the city gate, and at the same time waiting, he sent Li Gui to the camp not far away to mobilize the five thousand people. The ground cavalry, but it was dark at the moment and the distance was relatively far away. After observing for a long time, Chen Xiaomu could not tell whether the group of soldiers at the gate of the city were the rebels under Lu Qian and Guan Wenjin, or the Imperial Forest Army under Lu Jun.
Chen Xiaomu quietly approached Su Xingran and whispered in her ear: "Honey, there seems to be something wrong with this situation!"
''Hmm." Su Xingran hummed softly, looked at him sideways, and motioned for him to continue. Chen Xiaomu paused for a moment, and then said: "It stands to reason that the rebels are rebelling. There should be chaos in the city at this moment, but now not only the city gates are wide open. , and why is there no movement at all in the city? Could it be that these rebels have succeeded or been suppressed by your uncle? "
Su Xingran frowned and thought for a moment, then suggested: "Husband, how about we send someone up to take a look?"
Chen Xiaomu nodded and was about to speak when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves running quickly on the road outside the woods. In the blink of an eye, a fast horse galloped past them on the road not far away. After a short time, they heard Hearing the sound of "Hum, hoo", the horse shouted, and then heard the soldier dismounting his horse and reporting loudly: "General Zhang, General Ximen, humble and incompetent, humble and incompetent, they came all the way to Guanshan Town, but they did not greet the princess and the prince-in-law." Wait for someone!"
At this time, Zhang Jian's familiar voice reached Chen Xiaomu's ears, and he could only hear him sullenly saying: "How many roads are there from Xinjing City to Guanshan Town? Send me people on every road to greet the princess. We must greet the princess." With the Prince Consort and the others!"
"Here!" the soldier agreed, turned around and was about to mount his horse again, but suddenly he heard laughter coming from the woods across the moat. He followed Chen Xiaomu out of the woods and laughed at Zhang Jian: "Vice General Zhang, don't bother me. Isn’t this coming!”
Upon hearing the sound, Zhang Jian and Ximen Song quickly got off their horses and strode over to meet them from the suspension bridge of the moat. At this time, Su Xingran, Wei Yushang and Wei Yuxin also walked out of the woods one after another and followed Chen Xiaomu towards the suspension bridge. come over.
Zhang Jian and Ximensong walked up to Chen Xiaomu, bowed and clasped their fists at the same time and said: "If you are not going to meet the princess, you will meet the prince-in-law!"
Chen Xiaomu quickly stretched out his hand to help the two of them up, and asked with concern: "You two generals, there is no need to be polite. How is the situation in the city now?"
Zhang Jian glanced at Ximen Song and said with a forced smile: "Prince-in-law, don't worry too much. All the rebels in the city just gathered up and rushed to besiege the palace. They were wiped out by us on the way. Among them, the rebel leaders Lu Qian and Guan Wenjin Both of them were also captured, but there were a few guards in the former department of the imperial palace who were Guan Wenjin's best friends. Tonight, they received Guan Wenjin's instructions and suddenly assassinated the emperor and the prince in the palace. He was killed, but the emperor and the prince were also injured!"
