After Yu Xiaowei rushed out of Yangzhou City, he rode all the way south, crossed the Yangtze River, and then traveled 200 miles, and finally could see the water of Taihu Lake. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He had never seen such a big lake. At a glance, the sky and water are the same color, vast and boundless, only a few lonely mountains scattered on the surface of the lake. Although the lake is clear, it is bottomless. At first glance, it is as smooth as a mirror, but occasionally there are winds and waves, and undercurrents surge.

Yu Xiaowei was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery of Taihu Lake, he only cared about the begonias in the middle of the lake, and as soon as he arrived at Taihu Lake, he asked around about the origin of this medicinal material. Begonia in the middle of the lake, as the name suggests, is the bottom of the lake that grows in the center of Taihu Lake, although it is common in all seasons, but the lake is deep, the whirlpool is urgent, and it is not easy to collect. Yu Xiaowei is a person who has never been in the water, and it is almost impossible for him to collect this medicine on his own. He wanted to hire some fishermen to help him pick it, but the locals all knew that the begonia itself was also highly poisonous, and using it as an antidote to the five poisons was actually a way to fight poison with poison, so who else would dare to take the risk of picking this poison? Yu Xiaowei squatted helplessly by the Taihu Lake, didn't sleep all night, and didn't come up with a good way.

The next day, as soon as the day dawned, Yu Xiaowei couldn't wait to hire a boat and rowed all the way to the middle of the lake. The boatman still felt strange, what did it mean that this man hired a boat but did not go ashore, stopped in the middle of the lake, and looked at the lake in a daze?

Yu Xiaowei asked: "Is this here to the center of the lake?" ”

The boatman replied, "Yes, this is right in the middle of Lake Tai." ”

Yu Xiaowei asked again: "The begonia in the middle of the lake, can it grow here?" ”

The boatman replied, "Begonia in the middle of the lake? Yes, right here at the bottom of the lake. ”

"Oh." Yu Xiaowei stood up, shook his arms, kicked his legs, twisted his neck, and said, "Thank you!" Then, he took a deep breath, closed his mouth, pinched his nose with his right hand, closed his eyes, kicked his legs, and jumped into Taihu Lake! Before the boatman could react, he only heard a "poof", and there was only one boatman left on the boat. There are still waves and ripples on the surface of the lake.

As soon as Yu Xiaowei came into contact with the lake, he immediately felt cold. The water of the lake poured straight into both ears, and the body slowly sank to the bottom of the lake. He slowly opened his eyes and was surprised to find that he could still see the fish, aquatic plants, and stones in the lake. But after a while, he felt his head swell and his face flushed. After a while, my head began to dizzy and my vision slowly blurred. He couldn't hold it back, let go of the hand that was pinching his nose, and the lake water choked into his nostrils, so that he had to open his mouth and cough, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he swallowed a stomach of water. Yu Xiaowei only knew that his nose and mouth were constantly getting water, but he couldn't breathe, could it be that this is what people call drowning? He struggled to look at the bottom of the lake, which was still invisible. He didn't even know what the begonia in the middle of the lake looked like, and he was about to die in the belly of the fish. Yu Xiaowei muttered in his heart: "Alas! I think that my dignified Tianshan Sword Sect disciple is going to drown in Taihu Lake today! Miss Biling is still waiting for my antidote in Yangzhou, I really hate myself, why can't I swim! Gradually, his mind also became trance, he felt very sleepy, and his eyes slowly closed, as if he was asleep. In the haze, he felt the lake around him pull him strongly, and he didn't know where he was going to drift. ……

It seems that after a long time, Yu Xiaowei's eyes slowly opened, his head was still very dizzy, his hands and feet were soft, he couldn't exert his strength at all, and his back was cold. "Am I dead?" He looked around and saw that he was lying in the water, surrounded by stone walls and stalactites above his head. "Is this the underworld?" He tried to stand up, touched his waist, his sword was still there, and when he looked back, there was a hole in front of him, and beyond the cave was still an endless lake, connected with the blue sky in the distance.

It turns out that this is a cave, not an underworld. But wasn't Yu Xiaowei still at the bottom of Taihu Lake just now, and he was about to drown, why did he come to this cave again? I think it was the whirlpool in the lake that didn't swallow him to the bottom of the lake, but swept into the cave, and he picked up a life. He touched his body vigorously to make sure that he was still a living person, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and sat down again.

At this time, Yu Xiaowei looked at the other end of the cave again. It was the deeper part of this cave, and it was so dark that I couldn't see anything, only faintly heard some desolate sounds, was it the wind? "Now that you've picked up your life, let's get out of here quickly!" He stood up again and staggered out of the cave. The sound coming from the cave seemed to be even stronger, sometimes like sobbing, sometimes like roaring, was it really the sound of the wind? "Should it be ......" Yu Xiaowei's heart became nervous, "Shouldn't there be something in that hole?" When he came to the mouth of the cave, the lake was knee-high.

There isn't even a ship here, how can Yu Xiaowei leave? Did you swim out of the lake? He didn't dare to try swimming again! Yu Xiaowei stood at the entrance of the cave for a long time, but he couldn't find a way out, so he had to retreat back. He looked in the direction of the sound coming from inside the cave, "If there's something there, maybe we can find another way out." He had to suppress the nervousness in his heart, listen to the creepy voice, and walk towards the cave.

As we walked, the light got darker and darker, the hole got narrower and narrower, and the sound got stronger and stronger. After walking for a while, Yu Xiaowei could clearly hear that it was not the sound of the wind, but more like the voice of a person! "Is there really someone in the cave? Or a ghost? His pace slowed. He held his breath and moved more carefully into the hole, trying not to make a sound.

Walking further in, the light was completely gone, the surroundings were pitch black, and he couldn't see his five fingers, so Yu Xiaowei could only touch the darkness and continue to move forward. I just took a step, but I didn't step on anything on the soles of my feet, and there was a pit! He hurriedly retracted the foot he had taken, but the other foot was unsteady, and the sole of the foot slipped and the whole person slipped out. He reached out to grasp the stone walls on both sides, but where did his hands still have strength? Just grabbed a handful of loose rocks. In the end, Yu Xiaowei could only let out a scream, allowing his body to slide in a direction he didn't know.

Slide to the end, and slowly there is light again, brighter and brighter. Yu Xiaowei's eyes flashed, and he couldn't see anything clearly for a moment, only knowing that he had stopped with the gravel. He gasped for breath and looked up, and suddenly it dawned on him, because he saw a larger space. But there is no lake immersion, and the top of the cave is no longer closed, but is flooded with sunlight. Only then did he realize that the world in this cave was much wider than the entrance of the cave.

Listening to that voice again, it feels like it's right in front of you. Yes, that's the sound coming from here! Yu Xiaowei looked around. In one corner of the cave, many rattan sticks were entwined haphazardly. Between the staggered rattans, there seemed to be something wriggling. Yu Xiaowei slowly approached, his eyes widened, and he clearly saw that it was really a person! The man was bound in rattans, and his hands and feet could not be seen, but his head was visible, hanging low, and his white hair was covered. Although the scattered white hair covered the man's face, through the gap between her hair, Yu Xiaowei could see the wrinkles on his face, so he knew that this was a very old woman.

"There really are people here! Who is this man? Yu Xiaowei was wondering.

Suddenly, the old man's head was raised, revealing a wrinkled old face and a pair of deep-set eyes, staring at Yu Xiaowei widely, and Yu Xiaowei was so frightened that he sat on the ground. The old man's brows furrowed together, and he made a hoarse voice: "Who are you?" ”

"She's still alive! Or is she a monster at all? Yu Xiaowei guessed wildly in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more scared he became. He almost got up and ran away. However, he quickly calmed down again: "If this old man is really locked up here and can survive all the time, then she must not be an ordinary person." Thinking of this, he quickly stood up, patted the dust on his body, clasped his hands in front of his chest, lowered his head, bowed long, and said: "The junior is Yu Xiaowei, a disciple of the Tianshan Sword Sect, and he occasionally broke into this place today, I don't know that the senior is here, how offended!" ”

When the old man heard this, he burst out laughing, loud and loud, but still revealing a lot of desolation, which echoed in the cave for a long time. After the laughter, the old man nodded and said, "Okay! The old student has been here for more than 20 years, and I can't imagine that the Sword Sect still remembers the old student! ”

The laughter made Yu Xiaowei frightened, but it also made him even more curious. He hesitated, took two steps forward, continued to arch his hands, and asked, "Dare to ask the senior's name?" ”

"Name?" The old man couldn't help but bow his head again, sighed, and said, "Alas! Nowadays, the old student can't remember his name anymore! She looked at the white hair in front of her again, "I just remember this white hair." ”

"Gray hair?" Yu Xiaowei didn't know what the special meaning of white hair was, and besides, this old woman had been locked up here for more than 20 years, how could Yu Xiaowei know who she was? But Yu Xiaowei knew that since the seniors were unwilling to say their names, he couldn't ask more, so he could only ask some other questions, "Why are the seniors trapped here?" ”

"Humph!" The old man was furious, the skin on his face began to shrink, the green tendons on his forehead protruded, and the surrounding rattans kept shaking, and the whole cave shook as well. She gritted her teeth and said, "Blame the old man for being careless for a while, and fell for that slut's trick!" ”

"Slut?" Although Yu Xiaowei didn't know who the old woman was scolding, he could see that the old man must be burdened with a deep blood feud. Yu Xiaowei listened to the old man's voice, looked at the old man's expression, felt the old man's anger, cold sweat broke out on his head, and he didn't dare to speak anymore.

After the cave shook for a while, it finally regained its calm, and the old man's expression softened. She looked at Yu Xiaowei and asked, "How did you get here?" ”

Seeing that the old man's anger gradually subsided, Yu Xiaowei's heart also relaxed a little, and replied: "Don't dare to deceive your predecessors!" The younger generation came to Taihu Lake to collect begonias in the middle of the lake, but they were not familiar with the water, and they did not pick the medicine, but they were impacted by the lake water. ”

The old man sneered: "With you as a baby coming down from the mountain, even if you grow two more fins, you won't be able to swim to the place where the begonias in the middle of the lake are." ”

These words really reached Yu Xiaowei's heart, his face burned, but he had no choice but to hang his head and say, "What the predecessors said is extremely true!" ”

The old man thought for a while and said slowly: "If you are for the begonia in the middle of the lake, the old man can help you." ”

"Oh?" When Yu Xiaowei heard this, he was naturally happy in his heart, and said continuously, "If the seniors are really willing to help, the juniors will be grateful!" However, when he saw that the old man was tightly wrapped in rattan, he couldn't help but ask, "But I don't know how the seniors can help?" ”

"Although the old student is in his last years, he still has the ability to go to the bottom of Taihu Lake to collect some medicine! It's just ......," the old man also looked at the rattan on his body, "It's just that these rattans have been locked up for more than 20 years, and they are so vivid that they can't play." If you want the old student to help you, you must first relieve the old student of this rattan obstacle! ”

From the first time he saw these rattans, Yu Xiaowei felt that this was not an ordinary rattan. I don't know who can use these few rattans to tie the old man to this place for more than 20 years? If there is really such a master casting spells, how can Yu Xiaowei easily solve them? Yu Xiaowei circled around the rattan and said, "The younger generation really doesn't know how to untie this rattan. ”

The old man said, "Look at the top of the old student's head, and go up along the rattan stick, which is the root of the rattan." You just need to pull out the sword stuck in the root, and the old man will have his own way to get out! ”

Yu Xiaowei looked up and saw that the rattan was indeed converging at a height of three zhang above, which must be the root. It takes a lot of work to climb that high, but if you can't save this old man, Yu Xiaowei won't be able to pick the begonias in the middle of the lake in his life. Compared to going down to the lake to collect medicine, it should be much easier to climb to the top of the cave to draw a sword. Yu Xiaowei didn't say a word, took his sword, and climbed up along the rattan.

There are thorns on this vine, and I don't know if it is poisonous, so Yu Xiaowei can't climb too fast, so he can only climb step by step. Finally, he climbed to the top of the cave. The root of the rattan was in front of him, one end was divided into many rattans, and the other end went up deep into the crack in the stone, and there was indeed a sword stuck in the root, which was firmly nailed to the stone wall, and the body of the sword was already covered with rust. Yu Xiaowei grasped the stone wall with one hand, and clenched the hilt of the sword with the other, making enough strength to pull it out, but the sword did not move at all. He gritted his teeth and simply grabbed both hands on the hilt of the sword, but he still couldn't pull it out. Suddenly, the soles of his feet slipped, his body tilted, and his whole body hung on the hilt of the sword, and then he felt the sword loosen a little.

At this moment, the old man's laughter was heard from Fujishita, and the whole cave shook again. Hearing only the sound of "pop", the iron sword burst out, the rattan broke, the gravel flew around, Yu Xiaowei collapsed with the rattan and the gravel, and soon lost consciousness again. ……

It seemed that after a long time, Yu Xiaowei woke up again and found that he was lying on the edge of Taihu Lake, and there was no one around. "Was that a dream?" He touched his head, and it hurt a little. His left hand seemed to touch something, and when he looked down, it was a flower, pink in color, with many petals, and water in the petals.

"Begonia in the middle of the lake!" Yu Xiaowei screamed, "Senior? He knew it wasn't a dream. The old man escaped, so Yu Xiaowei and Huxin Begonia came to the lake. But where is the old man now? Yu Xiaowei hurriedly stood up and shouted to the old man everywhere, but no one answered. In the end, he had to put down his questions about the old man, and returned to Yangzhou with the begonia in the middle of the lake.

As soon as Situ Gu saw that Yu Xiaowei had really come back with the begonia in the heart of the lake, he was naturally surprised and delighted, and hurriedly took Xiao Wei into the house, and said repeatedly: "My brother is really a strange person in the world!" Worthy of being a true hero! To tell the truth, even my brother and I don't dare to go to the bottom of Taihu Lake to collect medicine, so I never use the begonia in the middle of the lake as an antidote, and my brother's courage really makes Situ admire! ”

Yu Xiaowei only asked, "Where is Ling'er?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Bi Ling running out of the room, and when she saw Yu Xiaowei, she was also stunned, still speechless.

Yu Xiaowei hurriedly ran to Bi Ling, held the begonia in the middle of the lake, and said, "Miss, look! I've brought the antidote back! ”

Bi Ling looked at the begonia in the middle of the lake, and then looked at Yu Xiaowei's hand that had been blistered white, stared for a long time, suddenly frowned, and shouted at Yu Xiaowei: "Are you an idiot?" ran out without saying a word, do you think you are a hero? What if I fall into the lake and drown? ”

"This ......" Yu Xiaowei was scolded stupid again.

Situ Gu also came over and said with a smile: "Okay, okay!" Quarrel as soon as you meet! Then he turned to Xiao Wei and said, "After you leave, this Princess Biling is very worried about you, and often goes to the door to see if you come back." ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Biling stomped her foot and ran back to the room angrily.

With the begonia in the middle of the lake that Yu Xiaowei retrieved, the poison on Bi Ling's body was quickly unraveled. But Bi Ling didn't want to stay here with Situ Gu for a moment, and as soon as her body improved, she clamored to leave. Yu Xiaowei had no choice but to leave Yangzhou with Biling.

Before leaving, Situ Gu sent Xiao Wei outside the city and asked in a low voice: "Brother, I think about it, but I still can't figure out how you used to pick this begonia in the middle of the lake." ”

Yu Xiaowei sighed and replied, "Alas! Shame on you! In fact, this medicine was not picked by the younger brother himself. The younger brother went to the bottom of the lake to collect medicine and almost died in Huangquan. Later, I met a white-haired female senior who was trapped in Taihu Lake for more than 20 years. The younger brother rescued her, and she helped the younger brother to collect the antidote. ”

"White-haired female senior?" Situ Gu asked in surprise, "Who is that?" ”

Yu Xiaowei replied: "The younger brother doesn't know, the senior doesn't seem to want to say her name, only her white hair." ”

After Situ Gu sent Yu Xiaowei and Bi Ling away, he returned home alone. The confusion in his heart could not be eliminated for a long time. A white-haired female senior, trapped in Taihu Lake for more than 20 years, what kind of character is this? Can easily pick the begonias in the middle of the lake, and rescue Xiaowei from danger, how many women can do it today? "Gray hair? Twenty years? Twenty years? Hair? ......" Situ Gu thought about this question repeatedly in his heart. "Could it be ......" Suddenly, his eyes widened, his face turned pale, and a cold air rushed out of his spine, making him shout, "White-haired ice demon? ”

Besides, after Yu Xiaowei left Yangzhou with Bi Ling, he asked with concern from time to time: "Miss, are you really in good health now?" ”

Bi Ling was impatient: "I've said it a hundred times!" Yes! Yes! Are you bothered? However, she finally solved the poison of the five poisons, and she was naturally very happy in her heart.

Yu Xiaowei asked again: "Miss, now that we have left Yangzhou, where are we going?" ”

"We?" Bi Ling looked at Yu Xiaowei in surprise, "Why am I still with you?" ”

"This ......" Yu Xiaowei seems to have become accustomed to life with Bi Ling, and almost forgot that others followed him because they were poisoned. Now that the poison has been resolved, they have really reached the "time of separation" that Situ Gu said.

But Bi Ling held her head again, thought about it, and said, "However, I am now being hunted down by the Eagle Sect, and I have to find Li Que for revenge, and many people around me may be good." ”

"Huh?" When Yu Xiaowei heard this, he was really flattered, and hurriedly agreed, "Yes! Oh, yes! Multiple people are definitely good! I heard that Jiangnan has beautiful scenery. Now that we have arrived in Jiangsu, why don't we go to Jiangnan next? ”

With a smile on her face, Bi Ling said, "Jiangnan? All right! I'm just thinking about going! ”

Yu Xiaowei was experiencing the excitement he had never experienced in his life, when suddenly, a shadow passed by him and took Bi Ling away. Yu Xiaowei pulled out his sword the moment he reacted, and shouted: "Stop!" ”

The man actually stopped ahead. Bi Ling was held hostage by that man, and no matter how desperately she struggled, it was to no avail. When the man slowly turned his head, Yu Xiaowei's sword was frightened, because he saw the white hair!

"Senpai?" Yu Xiaowei couldn't help but exclaim.

The old man laughed, pointed at Yu Xiaowei, and said, "It's rare that you still remember Lao Sheng!" I miss that you helped the old student get out of danger in Taihu Lake, and I won't take your life today, but this girl, the old student is going to take it away! ”

Yu Xiaowei is even more strange, this old woman claims to have been imprisoned in Taihu Lake for more than 20 years, and Bi Ling is not yet 20 years old, it stands to reason that the two of them should not know each other at all. Yu Xiaowei hurriedly asked: "What did the seniors have with her?" ”

After hearing this, the old man's brows tightened again, and he said fiercely: "Even if it's not her, it's her mother!" ”

"Mother?" Bi Ling was also confused, but she knew that this old woman must have bad intentions towards her and her mother. So, she struggled even harder.

The old man glared at him and shouted, "Girl! Hugh! Go with the old student to find your mother! After speaking, he took Biling with him and flew away in an instant.

Yu Xiaowei looked at it blankly, helpless, the excitement just now was gone. He slammed his fist to the ground. Looking at the direction where the old man and Bi Ling were gone, Yu Xiaowei's heartbeat was accelerating, and he felt that a bloody storm was about to descend on the head of the Eagle Sect.

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