The back mountain of Wuzhenguan is quiet and cool, because the incense of Wuzhenguan is extremely prosperous, it is the place of royal respect, so not only ordinary people, but also the royal relatives of the capital, dignitaries and nobles will also go to Wuzhenguan to burn incense and make wishes.

Because of the fear that ordinary people would collide with the nobles, over time, another lane was opened up in the back mountain of Wuzhenguan, which was specially used by the eunuchs who went to Wuzhenguan.

The dense and tall trees are verdant, the breeze blows, the leaves of the forest rustle, the wheels of the carriage slowly run over the gravel road paved with fallen leaves, the dappled sunlight falls through the gaps in the leaves, and little by little it scatters on the body of the carriage, and as the carriage moves, the light and shadow of different shapes move slightly backwards until it disappears.

It was June now, and it was just past noon, so very few official eunuchs who were heavy on maintenance would walk on this road, and the long and quiet road was like this, and the chariots and horses of Yuan and Wei were running back and forth like this, causing the whole mountain forest to reverberate with a light and slow creaking of wheels.

At this moment, the Yuan family was already a little tired, although he still maintained his identity and sat in the car, his head was already slightly leaning back, and he seemed to be a little sleepy.

As a breeze passed, the leaves on both sides shook a little more violently, and gradually dispelled the heat, adding a little bit of the coldness between the valleys, and only the sound of birds and birds sounded faintly on the branches of the trees in the distance, one was closer than the other, and the sound was clearer than the other.

"Cuckoo Cuckoo"

Just as the carriage and horses were traveling to the corner, only to hear the front servant slightly surprised, and gradually the carriage slowly stopped, and Yuan, who was already asleep, was slightly awakened, opened his eyes tiredly, gently lifted the curtain, and said calmly on the side: "What's wrong?"

The big girl Jinshu, who had already noticed something unusual, had already caught up from the car behind at this moment, heard Yuan's question, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Xu is because of the rain a few days ago, and a few falling rocks were scattered in front of me."

Yuan frowned slightly worriedly when he heard this, and Jin Shu added another sentence when he saw this: "Madame, don't worry, the falling stone is not big, and the accompanying people are moving at the moment, so it must be able to pass in a while." ”

Hearing Jinshu say this, Yuan Shi was a little relieved, and then looked back slightly, and couldn't hide his concern in his words: "How is Mrs. Zheng?"

Jin Shu glanced at the carriage that followed closely, and then replied softly: "The slave maid just asked, Mrs. Zheng got into the carriage and drank some water, and she has fallen asleep at the moment, and it seems that there should be no big problem." ”

"That's fine. ”

Yuan nodded slightly, and at this moment, a slight sound sounded in front of him, Jin Shu looked at it, and then smiled and tilted his head and said, "The falling rocks in front have been cleaned up." ”

Yuan Shi nodded when he heard this, and said softly: "It's been a hard journey, you can go back to the car and rest." ”

"Yes, the slave and maid are gone. ”

After the words fell, Jinshu slowly retreated, and after a while, the carriage and horse drove slowly again.

After a while, Yuan gradually closed his eyelids again, leaned on the soft pillow to rest, and the drivers of the car all waved their whips carefully, drove the horses in front of the car carefully around the small stones, and slowly continued to drive forward.

Gradually, the carriage traveled to a mountain recess, because of the tall green hills on both sides, the sunshine full of heat was dispelled little by little, but fell a shadow soaked in coolness, and the "whooshing" sound of the mountain stream was faintly heard in the distance, which was more cool.

At this moment, there was a slight movement in the woods above the carriage and horses, but it was muffled by the sound of the cool breeze blowing the leaves, and only the cry of a crow was heard suddenly resounding through the valley, hoarse and low, faintly lingering in the valley, and never receded for a long time.

suddenly

Two thick shadows that don't know what they are fell from the woods above Yuan's carriage and horses without warning, and just landed on the back of the horse that was slowly moving forward, and the coachman sitting in front of the car was shocked, and couldn't help but exhale, and when he looked fixedly, he saw two **-year-old children's wrist-thick pit vipers entwined together, moving slowly and coldly, through the faint light, you can see the dark brown scales on the two pit vipers standing up slightly, and suddenly, slightly wriggling gradually stretched out.

"Ah, snake, snake"

The horseman was immediately shocked and turned back, and almost at the same time, the curtain of the car behind him was lifted, and Yuan, who noticed something strange, looked over, but saw that the two pit vipers suddenly had a sense, turned their heads suddenly, just straightened their bodies, and looked at the coachman coldly.

Only two threatening "sizzles" were heard, and the two flattened and triangular snake heads suddenly opened, revealing gloomy fangs, and with a disgusting smell of decay and disgusting, a few strands of crystal and chilling venom were stretched on top of the fangs, and behind the fangs was the large mouth of the blood-colored cloth.

Yuan was so shocked that he immediately screamed, his hand fell almost reflexively, and he immediately fell back to the car seat, his hands clutched the mattress on both sides, and he only felt that his whole body couldn't help but tremble.

As soon as the curtain fell, the two extremely poisonous pit vipers bent their heads slightly, as if they were attacking, at this moment, the horse in front of them also noticed the existence of the poisonous snake and was instantly frightened, as if it had been violently whipped with an iron whip, and raised its head and raised its front hooves in a frenzy and roared, and the two pit vipers were also thrown down violently, but they did not fall to the ground, but stubbornly wrapped around the thick legs of the horse.

With the horse's more tragic scream, before the coachman could come to his senses, the horse was no longer controllable, almost crazy and rushed forward, the coachman was immediately frightened and lost his soul, and hurriedly grabbed the reins, even if he used all his strength, his feet kicked in front of him, and his body dragged back desperately, and even the green tendons in the forehead had burst out, but there was still no tendency to recover, but he was thrown backwards violently.

At this moment, the horse ran faster and faster, and faintly, he could see that the horse's eyes were red, and it was already a violent appearance, and the two pit vipers were also trembling tighter and tighter, at this moment, the coachman noticed that the horse in front of him was gradually foaming at the mouth, and immediately his face was discouraged, and before he could strike again, when an extremely sharp turn in front of him was impressive, the faint wind under the cliff was whistling, and he almost felt that the cold hair on his whole body stood upside down.

The cold wind in his ears that galloped away made his face numb, as if the blood in his whole body had flowed backwards.

"Stop, stop, stop"

The coachman seemed to be stunned, he had long since lost his color, his lips were slightly dilated in fear, and in the next moment, he could be seen holding the reins desperately, almost using all his strength, and his flushed face was already bruised and roared: "Stop, stop"