Tie Tong's mind was turning, but Leng Yixiu didn't dare to delay any longer, seeing that most of the night had passed, and there was still no clue about things.

"General Tie, can you tell the king what happened on the way you came?" Leng Yixiu held the teacup in his hand, and the heat curled up, making his expression look a little blurred.

Tie Tong pondered for a moment, and his expression darkened, "It's not a secret, we didn't plan to take that road, but we set off too late, and the young master was worried that he would be late, so he took us to take the risk and take a shortcut, just ...... I didn't think ......."

He hadn't finished speaking, but seeing Rong Xi with a meaningful smile on his face, his slender fingers slowly raised and pointed at him from afar.

After Tie Tong saw Rong Xi kick the cold Yinan with his own eyes, and heard that she sent someone to go, he felt a little awe of this woman in his heart, he looked at her snow-white fingertips pointing at himself, and the words in his mouth couldn't help but swallow back into his mouth, and he forgot what he wanted to say.

After settling down, he found that Rong Xi was not pointing at himself, but pointing behind him, he turned his head a little puzzled, only to find that on the wall behind him, there was a map hanging on the wall.

The map was drawn in cowhide, with winding lines and colored brushes depicting mountains, rivers and roads, and the roads were clearly laid out in front of you.

Seeing this, his face suddenly became embarrassed, Rong Xi didn't say a word, but he had already lightly punctured his lie, obviously taking the normal road is the shortest way, and the road is wide, a flat river, it can be reached in less than a month, and that sea area is to go around a long way.

How can this be explained?

Tie Tong smiled bitterly, but his mouth was speechless.

The candle flame in the room was beating, Tie Tong hung down and looked at the blurred shadow on the ground, the man and the woman sat there, without saying a word but the pressure came from him, people couldn't help but hold their breath, he closed his eyes slightly, and his heart was a little happy, but also a little worried.

Fortunately, they Chenyang are not the enemies of Dazhao now, and they are worried that in case they ...... in the future

He shook his head and shook one of the thoughts behind him away.

"General Tie," Leng Yixiu said slowly, his tone was like the night breeze outside the window, gentle, but cool, "Don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, this king feels that this matter is quite strange, so I asked the general to come over and inquire, if this matter has nothing to do with my Zhao, or the general thinks that this king is troublesome, there is no need to say it again." ”

"No, no......" Tie Tong hurriedly waved his hand, stood up and said: "It's too late for Tie to be grateful to the prince and princess, how dare you blame the prince for being troublesome?" Don't dare to have such a heart, after Tie Mou goes back, he must tell the truth to my lord and the old general, and I will thank the prince and princess for saving their lives. ”

Leng Yixiu smiled softly, his laughter was as cool as water, his fingers gently stroked the pattern on the teacup, and his eyes did not look at Tie Tong, "General Tie, this king doesn't need your thanks, let alone bear the old general's thanks, his old man is a senior, this king respects him, and the person who saved him should also be." ”

He turned his head to look at the candlelight, his eyes burning in the candlelight, "It's just that this king wants to tell the truth, what did you encounter?" This king is in charge of this big competition, and everything has to be investigated one by one, otherwise wouldn't it be a dereliction of duty? Although you were attacked outside my Jokhang, but after all, you were on the way to my Jokhang, what does General Tie think? ”

Tie Tong hesitated, but he couldn't refuse anymore, Leng Yixiu said it reasonably, speaking of people's concern, at least on the surface, and people saved themselves, if they just shut up and didn't say it, they couldn't say it reasonably.

But...... He is not without worries in his heart, what he is worried about is that this matter will be related to people and things in the country, to say that there is no trace of doubt in his heart, it is false, he originally wanted to return to China and then show the old general, carefully check, in case it was done by people in the country, this is ...... The ugliness of the family must not be publicized, not to mention, the young master has also exhausted all means in order to compete for the position of heir, if this is said......

A chuckle interrupted Tie Tong's thoughts, and the laughter was soft, like water in the mountains, with a dingdong sound, flowing through the mountains and rocks, but it was as cold as the mountains and rivers.

Tie Tong raised his head, Rong Xi was looking at him with a smile, but there was no smile at the corners of her eyes, her eyebrows were slightly raised, like the wings of an unfolded flying phoenix, majestic and self-reliant, "General Tie, are you worried that this matter was done by people in your Chenyang country, and it was specially targeted at the young master of your family?" Or rather...... The young master of your family has just sat down in the seat, and in order to climb to this position, he has tried his best to do so, and even attacked his brother? So, you are worried, you are afraid, if these things are known, it will be another young master of your family, an old general of your family, and you Chenyang Kingdom will lose face? ”

A sharp and heart-wrenching question.

At some point, a layer of fine beads of sweat oozed from Tie Tong's forehead, the cold light flickered, like a broken diamond, the tips of his heart trembled slightly, and his fingertips were also pale from clenching his fingers, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his heart beat into a ball.

This woman ...... This woman ...... She actually saw through the concerns in her heart at a glance and understood what she was thinking!

"General Tie," Rong Xi's eyes flickered, shining like a jewel in the candlelight, "Actually, you don't have to worry too much, wherever there is interest, there will be fights, these things, this princess is no longer strange, and she is not interested in digging into the privacy of other people's families, but what the prince and this princess are worried about is that this matter is not for the young master of your family, but to kill you to the detriment of the prince, which is what this princess is most concerned about." ”

She laughed softly, like a flower blooming in the night, her eyebrows were raised like knives, and her tone was faint like a cold winter wind, "General Tie, your life and death, your battle is not interested, what this princess wants is to confirm that this matter is not for my lord, that's all." ”

Leng Yixiu narrowed his eyes, and his heart seemed to be poured with warm honey, sweet and warm, listen! "My lord", hmm...... It's really useful.

Tie Tong is no longer lucky, people have said it so clearly, what are you still doing there in secret? What else is there to pack? His face was red and white for a while, like a chameleon that was uncertain, and at the same time, he also understood Rong Xi's power even more.

He gritted his teeth, showed a helpless wry smile, cleared his throat and said: "It's Tie Mou's thoughtlessness, so Tie Mou will explain the situation of the day to the princess and princess carefully." ”

Tie Tong's face slowly turned a faint blue and gray, and the horror in his eyes flashed, and then he smiled self-deprecatingly, and continued: "There, as the rumors say, there is not a single tree around, and it looks extremely desolate, and when we arrived it was evening, and the blood-colored sunset shone on the deep blue water, and there was nothing but the sound of the waves...... Everywhere it feels eerie and eerie. ”

"Have you tried it, is the buoyancy of the outer ring very large?" Rong Xi asked.

Tie Tong's face was blank, "Buoyancy? ”

"It's like, isn't it impossible to sink anything when you put it on?"

"Yes," Tie Tong nodded, "the young master was bent on trying all those rumors, so he threw a stone in the shallow water, and as a result, the stone actually floated on the water like wood. ”

"When did those monster fish start attacking you?" Rong Xi wanted to prove that those guys were close relatives of crocodiles, "Is it that the leather armor is particularly thick, and the mouth is longer than that of other fish?" ”

"Yes, yes," Tie Tong almost jumped up in shock, and then thought again, maybe the person sent by the princess had explained the situation in general.

"That's it," Rong Xi had a rough judgment in her heart, she turned her head to Leng Yixiu and said, "If I didn't make a mistake in judgment, this fish should be similar to a crocodile, or it should be the predecessor of a crocodile at all." ”

"Crocodile?" Leng Yixiu was slightly surprised, he hadn't heard of this kind of fish yet.

"Yes, crocodiles are not actually fishes, but reptiles, that is to say, they are the same species as snakes, geckos, turtles and other animals, but the difference is that crocodiles are used to living in the water and playing in the water like fish, so they are also called crocodiles. They are very large, the largest can reach 15 meters, however, in general, the average is about three meters, the legs are very short, they have claws, webbed between the toes, a long and heavy tail, and scales on their skin. ”

Rong Xi gave the crocodile the most easy-to-understand introduction, and the more Tie Tong listened, the more excited he became, he stood up from the chair and said, "Yes, it's here, and the sword of the general guard doesn't work at all, so ...... Therefore, the guide zhì our people suffered a large number of casualties. ”

"But," Rong Xi groaned slightly, she thought of a key point in her heart, it is said that crocodiles should live in fresh water, how could they run to the sea like the Dead Sea? Could it be ...... Did the crocodile's predecessor evolve to become what it was in the modern era?

"How?" Leng Yixiu looked at her with a slightly gloomy expression, and couldn't help asking.

"It's nothing," Rong Xi didn't say anything so complicated, but said: "As far as I know, this kind of thing should be meaty, did you disturb them, so why they were attacked?" ”

Tie Tong thought for a moment and shook his head slightly, "This...... Tie is not sure, however, when we arrived, we only tried the rumors in the shallow water, because this situation is too special, so, in fact, we all have some scruples in our hearts, and we did not go deeper, according to the ...... It shouldn't bother you, right? ”

"Do you have any special activities, such as making a lot of noise and hunting fish in the water?" Rong Xi said the possibilities he thought of.

Tie Tong smiled bitterly and shook his head again.