"Xiao Shi'er, look at how beautiful this bamboo cage is?" A ray of sunlight suddenly came from the dark space, and the little boy holding the light gray bamboo cage smiled and waved to Liu Ningshi.
"Brother Yuze, are you coming back? Brother Yuze, you are finally back." Liu Ningshi tried her best to reach out to the little boy in the darkness.
"But I have to leave again." The boy's figure gradually turned into a handsome man. He placed the bamboo cage with the cicada in his hand on the ground, waved to Liu Ningshi, and showed a gentle and drizzle-like smile: "Xiao Shi'er, this cicada is given to you. Please take good care of yourself in the future when brother Yuze is away."
"Brother Yuze, don't go! Don't go." Liu Ningshi chased the handsome man, but his back was getting further and further away from her.
"Brother Yuze, brother Yuze..." Liu Ningshi woke up from her sleep, with cold sweat breaking out on her forehead.
"Sister Ningshi, wake up!" Huan Yu, who had been standing by the couch, heard the sound and rubbed his hazy eyes. He was immediately happy to see Liu Ningshi wake up.
"Yu'er? What's wrong with me?" Liu Ningshi supported her still somewhat groggy head: "Where is this?"
"Sister Ningshi, don't you remember La?" Huan Yu touched Liu Ningshi's forehead: "In the underground secret passage, we were attacked by a person who can control snakes."
"The person who controls the snake, by the way, where is brother Yuze?" Liu Ning's Shijing Huanyu said, and the memory of the fierce fight in the secret passage gradually emerged.
"Brother Yuze, who is it?" Huan Yu tilted his head and looked at Liu Ningshi: "Could it be that my sister is talking about..."
"That's right! It's the snake controller that Sister Ningshi is talking about." Xiaoliu pushed the door open in time, but there was no trace of a smile on his face.
"Xiao Liu, why did you come back?" Huan Yu said angrily to Xiao Liu: "How is it? Did you find out anything?"
"Hey! The people here behave very strangely?" Xiao Liu shook his head helplessly: "And they seem to be more exclusive than the people in Stone City."
"Xiao Liu, how did we get out of the secret passage?" Liu Ningshi's mind was filled with Xiang Liu's whereabouts. The look she stared at Xiao Liu made people feel scared: "Where did Brother Yuze go again?"
"Hey! It seems that it is impossible to avoid this problem." Xiao Liu sighed in his heart, and looked directly at Liu Ningshi with his immature but determined face: "Xiang Liu said that he is not perfect anymore because he has snake blood flowing in his body. In addition, I have lost my mind in these years and killed many people who entered the secret passage by mistake. I am too embarrassed to face my sister again, so I just want to find a place where no one knows me to spend the rest of my life."
"No, it won't." Liu Ningshi was stunned, and crystal tears welled up in her always strong eyes again: "You lied to me! Where is Brother Yuze, I want to find him."
"Sister Ningshi! Xiaoliu can understand your mood, but you also need to understand Xiangliu's mood." Xiaoliu increased his tone and spread his hands: "How can a person still be in a state of mind after being associated with snakes for so many years? Can he be like ordinary people? Sister, don’t you think it’s better to let him be alone at this time, and let time eliminate the depression in his heart.”
"Brother Yuze..." Liu Ningshi hugged her knees, unable to control her emotions anymore, tears dripping down her cheeks on the bed.
"Sister Ningshi hasn't eaten for a day." Seeing Liu Ningshi's low mood, Huan Yu quickly glanced at Xiaoliu: "Xiaoliu, let's go to the lobby to order some food."
Xiao Liu followed Huan Yu out of the house with understanding, and the two walked side by side on the corridor and whispered something.
"Xiao Liu, what happened to the snake controller?" Huan Yu also asked in confusion: "Since he has shed his snake scales, why doesn't he leave with us."
"Hey! Because..." Xiao Liu's thoughts returned to the underground secret passage following Huan Yu's question.
Xiao Liu carried the sleeping Liu Ningshi on his back, and Huan Yu followed Xiang Liu as they shuttled between the gravel road and the pontoon bridge.
"Here we are, right here." After passing four or five zigzag floating bridges, Xiang Liu suddenly stopped in front of a towering earth wall.
"Is this the exit of the secret room?" Xiao Liu observed the thick earth wall for a long time, but could not guess where the mechanism was.
"There are actually two exits here!" Xiang Liu's face looked even more painful than before, but he still supported himself.
He said: "Shi'er just said she wanted to find someone, so she probably wanted to pass here."
"Why do you think so?" Xiaoliu looked at Xiang Liu very puzzled and thought to himself: "You have been confused all these years, do you know where these two places lead?"
"Although I have lost human consciousness these years, I can sense the people who come in very clearly." Xiang Liu seemed to see Xiaoliu's thoughts and explained: "But these people are all from another place, or Enter the belly of a secret room like yours."
"I see! What you mean is that no one will enter the secret passage from behind this earth wall." Xiao Liu nodded.
Seeing that Xiao Liu understood what he meant, Xiang Liu said nothing more. He drew a half circle with his white palms in front of him, and purple energy instantly ignited on his palms.
"Xiao Liu, what do you think this person wants to do?" Huan Yu suddenly felt an uncomfortable feeling in his heart, and subconsciously leaned behind Xiao Liu.
Before Xiao Liu could open his mouth, Xiang Liu clasped his palms together and jumped into the pit with both feet. The purple energy in his palms quickly filled his body, and the purple light suddenly flourished.
"Drink!" The purple light around Xiang Liu turned into purple energy as he shouted, shaking the snakes in the pit away, revealing a dusty copper ring at the bottom of the pit.
"That's it." When Xiao Liu saw this, he also admired the thoughtfulness of the person who designed the secret room: "Hiding the copper ring in the pile of snakes, how can ordinary people dare to take risks?"
"Boom!" As Xiang Liu pulled out the copper ring with one palm, the solid earth wall opened upward; clear air and a beam of morning light floated in, making Xiao Liu and Huan Yu feel refreshed.
"Wow!" After Xiang Liu finished all this, blood spurted out from his mouth, but his originally painful face showed a smile of relief.
"Xiao Liu, let's go." Huan Yu didn't want to stay in this ghost place for a moment, so he walked towards the exit.
"It seems that you have something to say to me alone?" Although Xiaoliu is not very old, he has been at the lowest level of society for many years and has learned to read people's words. Xiangliu's eyes are clearly full of expectation, but he hesitates to speak. Before, let him understand his meaning.
"I..." Before Xiang Liu could say anything, Xiao Liuzhi smiled and said, "Sister Yu, please support Sister Ningshi and go first."
Huan Yu had a puzzled look on her face, as if she had something to say that she couldn't wait for everyone to leave. But she still didn't ask, she just held Liu Ningshi on Xiao Liu's back and walked out of the cave silently.
"Don't you want to go with Sister Ningshi?" Xiao Liu asked Huan Yu what he couldn't say.
"I have lived with these snakes all year round, and I have been inseparable from them." Xiang Liu showed a desolate expression and said with a wry smile: "Now the other eight snakes are separated from the body. The snake nature is suddenly pulled out, which is also the day of death. .”
"Sure enough!" Although Xiao Liu had guessed a little bit, he still couldn't help but feel sad after hearing his true thoughts from Xiang Liu's mouth: "Is there no way to cure it?"
"Maybe, but I can't wait until that time." Xiang Liu bowed to Xiaoliu: "I just hope that little brother will not let Shi'er know the truth."
"Hey! Sister Ningshi is extremely smart. I'm afraid she'll be able to hide it from him..." Xiaoliu was just halfway through what he said, but when he saw the expectation flashing in Xiangliu's desolate eyes, he couldn't bear to say: "Xiao Liu will do his best."
"Thank you little brother, please take good care of Shi'er in the future." Two lines of clear tears flowed from Xiang Liu's eyes. They all said that men don't shed tears easily because they haven't reached the point of sadness and have experienced years of torture and indifference to others. The life of a ghost, how can it not make people sad when we meet our old friends again but say goodbye again?
"Where does this exit lead to? What should we do..." Xiao Liu just asked a few questions and then stopped talking. Xiang Liu still stood upright, tears dripping down his cheeks, but his eyes were closed forever.
"What a man!" Xiao Liu bowed to Xiang Liu's body, then stepped out of the cave door and slapped the earth wall, sealing the secret passage.
"It turns out that these things happened after Sister Ningshi and I came out of the secret passage." Huan Yu stuck out his tongue: "It's really tragic."
"Sister Yu, this must be kept secret from Sister Ningshi." Xiaoliu warned worriedly: "And we are still in danger, so we can't make things worse."
"The feeling of separation between life and death, Yu'er also
Understand. "Huan Yu suddenly felt a trace of sadness in his heart, but it passed quickly: "By the way, what exactly is this place? "
"I have lived in Stone City for more than two years, but I still don't know about this place." Xiao Liu whispered: "But there must be some inextricable relationship between this place and Wang Baihu."
"How did you know?" The two of them had arrived at the lobby of the inn unknowingly. While Huan Yu was talking to Xiao Liu, he waved to the waiter: "Bring some wine and food to Room No. 2. !”
"Sister Yu, do you still remember the time when you and Sister Ningshi were stopped by the guards?" Xiaoliu felt a little proud when he thought of this.
"Remember! I was tired and hungry while supporting Sister Ningshi on the winding plank road on the mountain wall, but I was stopped by two guards in yellow uniforms. Fortunately, Xiaoliu, you arrived in time to relieve the siege. ." Xiao Liu brought back Huan Yu's memories of that time: "What on earth did you say to the guards that they actually let you go obediently?"
"Actually, I didn't say anything. I just asked them to take a look at Baihu Ling." Xiao Liu pointed towards his waist.
"That's it." Huan Yu suddenly realized it and said with a sweet smile: "Xiao Liu, I'm really sorry you figured it out."
"Since there is a secret passage in the North Camp of Long Jiejun leading here, and the Baihu Order we used to enter the North Camp, we took a gamble." Xiao Liu said with a smile.
"Two guests, the food and wine you requested have been prepared." While Xiao Liu and Huan Yu were joking, the waiter came to them with a tray.
"You'd better give me the things." Huan Yu took the tray from Xiao Zhi and said to Xiao Liu, "Let Yu'er stay alone with Sister Ning Shi."
"Your taste is really good, one person can eat so much." Before Xiao Liu could speak, the waiter said something incomprehensible to Huan Yu.
"These food and drinks are for the three of us..." Huan Yu was about to explain but felt something was wrong. However, Xiao Liu was alert and asked first, "Little brother, what do you mean by this?"
"I saw that the female guest in Room No. 2 is always following you two?" The waiter told the truth what he saw.
"Not good?" Xiao Liu didn't wait for the waiter to finish, and rushed back to the guest room like an arrow. Liu Ningshi was nowhere to be seen in the empty room.
