Chapter 15: Escape

The leaves are flying in the cold autumn wind, the fallen leaves are all over the mansion, looking at the mansion with fallen leaves, the foggy mountains feel cold inexplicably, Zhanheng stood by the water pavilion, holding fish food in his hand and feeding the fish on the water for a while, obviously not feeding the fish, what should be thinking, a large group of fish on the water are competing for fish food, they don't care about the owner's mood. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"It's really a group of insatiable little things, obviously their bellies are bulging, and they don't want to eat it, and they are not afraid of dying" Zhan Heng looked at the fish eating on the water with a calm face, not knowing whether he was talking about people or fish.

Over the years, the sun has risen in the east and set in the west, and seven years have passed unconsciously, which makes people feel that Shaoguang is fleeting, but Kiriyama always feels that the disappearance of the young lady seems to have happened yesterday.

Kiriyama, how long has Miss disappeared? The old man actually felt that he had only seen Mei'er last night, and she laughed: "Father, Mei'er is going out to ride a horse and hunt today, and this girl will not have a day to worry about," Zhan Heng smiled and doted.

Of course, I won't agree, so the lord argued with Mei'er for a long time, saying: "Now Mei'er is already a big girl, and she is about to get married, so you must not behave like in the border city, you must pay attention to your words and deeds", Mei'er actually ran away angrily with a small mouth, and now she has not returned.

"Master" Kiriyama saw that the old man wanted Miss to be in a trance again, and had to interrupt him cruelly, "Master, it's been seven years since Miss left, just face the reality!" ”

Kiriyama is very worried, it's been so long, the old man still refuses to face the reality, he has always refused to admit the death of the young lady, and he has not set up a tomb for the young lady, and the poor young lady is not blind to death. The lord has been looking forward to the return of the young lady one day, afraid that the world will know that the disappearance of the young lady will damage the reputation of the young lady, and has been ordering the young lady's maid Qing Dye to pretend to be the young lady.

"Kiriyama, do you say that the master is really right to do this? Wouldn't this be bad for Meier's future? Zhan Heng looked at the north with his hands behind his back, and suddenly sighed leisurely.

Wushan heard the lord's sudden words, and knew that the lord was worried about the recent forced marriage of Princess An Hao, to say that the princess married is certainly promoted to make a fortune, but the princess's temper is indeed difficult to serve, marrying a princess is equivalent to marrying an ancestor to come back to serve, but now for the lord, the best choice to revitalize the Zhan clan is to marry the royal family, which is an expedient measure and an inevitable choice.

Kiriyama understands that the lord is not asking for his own opinion, he just needs someone to affirm him. Kiriyama said lightly: "Master, Kiriyama was brought up by you, say a word that does not know humility, over the years Kiriyama has always regarded the lord as a relative, and has always hoped that the lord will live happily." Master Kiriyama didn't read much and didn't understand any big truths, but Kiriyama thought that this matter must be decided, after all, the patience of nobles is limited. Master, life is not satisfactory in the world, nine times out of ten, why should you be obsessed. Although remembering the past and not forgetting those good memories is a kind of respect for life, but also a kind of respect for yourself, but it hurts your body excessively! It is human nature to miss the past, this nature makes us more flesh and blood, and life is more meaningful and valuable, but too indulged in the past, not trying to look forward to the future, Kiriyama feels that this is disrespectful to the deceased relatives, but also disrespectful to themselves, we always use the lost beauty as an excuse, stop moving, and spend life in time", it is better to learn to let go and make life lighter.

You young people are so good, you can take it and let it go, no matter how painful it is, you can put everything down after a long time, the old man is old and has no young people's blood after all, he is more nostalgic for the old, and his ability to accept new things is not as good as yours.

Sir, why do you want to cocoon yourself like this, always trapping yourself in the pain of the past! Princess An Hao has a deep love for you and is willing to marry you, this kind of good thing is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and she wants Wushan to say: "You should seize the opportunity tightly!" If you miss this village, you won't have this shop."

"What's going on lately? Always say good things for the princess in front of the master, does the princess give you any benefits, otherwise how can you say good things for her" Zhan Heng looked at Wushan with a questioning expression, and his joy was hard to distinguish.

"Master, the foggy mountains are wronged! Kiriyama is just thinking about the master, I don't want the master to miss such a big opportunity, I hope the master can be happy......"

Zhan Heng looked at Wushan and cried a handful of snot and tears, so he was not embarrassed, so he didn't blame him.

"Actually, the master should also be a little moved! It's just that I can't get over this hurdle in my heart, so I came to ask Wushan, I believe that the old man has already made a choice in his heart. The past does not turn back, so what is the use of thinking about the past? It's better to let the past pass, sir, you have to cherish the good times of the present and be kind to yourself. Seeing that the old man didn't bother with himself, Kiriyama kicked his nose and cheek and chattered non-stop.

Zhan Heng looked at the stupid look that Kiriyama had no eyesight to see, and he was already angry and didn't want to lose his temper, but just waved his sleeves to let him get down. Zhan Heng stood alone on the edge of the water pavilion, thinking about the things in his heart, in fact, hearing Wushan's words, Zhan Heng was also moved in his heart, but he also had his own concerns in his heart, Zhan Heng felt that he was old, and it was a little inappropriate to match Princess An Hao, Princess An Hao was more than enough to be her father at this age, if her daughter came back in the future to call a person younger than herself, she felt that this matter was difficult to accept, and she was a little hesitant, and she couldn't make up her mind, so that others thought that she was an infatuated man, can't forget his deceased wife, he has won the admiration of countless people, and Zhanheng doesn't explain, so he lets the world misunderstand like this.

It's just that this time the emperor's meaning is obvious, either marry the princess, or go home to farm, Zhanheng has been mixed up in the officialdom in the past few years, and he will do things by himself, plus there are people above, all the way up, don't be too proud, but unfortunately since I met Princess An Hao, the bad things came.

Marrying a princess and being a commoner are people who know how to choose, but Zhanheng doesn't like to be threatened, even if this person is the emperor.

Zhan Heng since Zhan Mei's life and death are unknown, considering that the Zhan family has only one of their own seedlings left, the so-called not marrying no children, no ancestors, no filial piety, Zhan Heng is the ancient people's thoughts, so he has always wanted to marry a wife, but unfortunately a rough man can't know it, those who are raised in the boudoir, it is impossible for him to publicize this matter loudly, so he has never met a suitable candidate.

This time, Mei Jiaoniang took the initiative to give her arms and hugged her, but Zhan Heng was worried that there was fraud in it, how could there be such a good thing in the world, and she was worried that the princess would be reluctant to be with others, and she might accidentally become a cheap father when she was pregnant, and she was cuckolded, and there would be really hardship at that time, otherwise a good young princess, why would she be in a hurry to marry a bad old man like herself, and she was so eager to force marriage......

The more Zhan Heng thought about it, the more he felt that it was inappropriate, and he always felt that he wanted to be covered by dark clouds, these days, the officials of the imperial court were paying close attention to this matter, and Zhan Heng felt that everyone was ready to see their own jokes.

The errand is not salty or light, Zhanheng lives a day of worry, and there is a fire in his heart, which is really sad......

It is said that Zhanmei's father is pitifully forced to marry, which is still the first rare thing in the world, so anxious that Zhan Heng's hair has turned a lot whiter, but Zhan Mei is busy running for his life because of his mana.

Since Zhan Mei broke through the delusional heart tribulation, her mana has increased greatly, and she has no heart to cultivate anymore for a while, looking for a way out all day long, but the cave where she is hiding is sealed everywhere, but there are only two caves leading to other places, Zhan Mei has explored the caves on both sides for a long time, but has not found an exit, only endless water,

This cave is water except water.

Zhan Mei just doesn't believe in fate, she believes that everything has an origin and an end, so after she chose a direction, every day in addition to meditating to recover her mana, she continued to swim forward in the water, in the corner where Zhan Mei's eyes could not see, a huge python was dominating in the lake of the underground dark river, devouring the weak prey. Zhan Mei kept swimming forward, getting closer and closer to the giant snake in the underground river, and the battle was just around the corner, and it was about to break out.

The dark underground river is turbulent and dangerous.

Zhan Mei kept swimming in the dark waters, as light and wanton as a fish, but a wooden box tied to her back protruded, destroying the beauty. This time, Zhan Mei started by finding a way, in addition to bringing a more important wooden box, her own dagger tied to her legs, as for those rare treasures, Zhan Mei also wanted, but she also had to enjoy her life, Zhan Mei didn't bring anything except a hairpin in her hair.

I don't know if I swam thousands of miles or farther, Zhan Mei finally swam out of the extremely depressing cave, and began to enter the complicated tributaries, Zhan Mei didn't know what threat she was going to face, there were not only huge bodies of water here, but also uncertain water creatures, the most terrifying thing was a giant snake with successful cultivation, countless water creatures died in the mouth of the snake, and this body of water has been almost swallowed by it.

Zhan Mei observed this place, and found that the water area is very wide, there is water flowing out of the cave in all directions, at least thousands of meters long, hundreds of miles wide, I am afraid that this place can be called a small lake, the water surface is clear and transparent, the eyes slowly look down, you will find that the color is getting bluer and bluer, and even black, Zhan Mei understands these color changes, which means that the water here is very deep, and there is a deafening sound of water flowing thousands of miles away, it seems that the water in this lake flows out to form a large waterfall, Zhan Mei didn't expect the water to be so big, the lake was so long, and the water surface was so wide, if she swam over like this, there would be no problem with her physical strength, the key was that she was afraid that there would be some tricky creatures in the water, endangering her life, suffering so much, she was about to escape from the sea of suffering, go out and enjoy the world of flowers, Zhan Mei didn't want any accidents.

Zhan Mei observed in the shallow water area for a while, saw that there was no special vision, decided to cut the mess quickly, quickly swam through this area, before setting off, Zhan Mei tied the wooden box on her back a little tighter, and dived into the water to swim forward quickly, a pair of Qianqian jade hands fluctuated the water flow, feet in the water kept paddling, fast as a swimming fish, only to see the ripples in the place where the swim was.

Everything went well, Zhan Mei was really relieved, it seems that this time it is finally worry-free, Zhan Mei whispered, but unfortunately she said this early.

The sound of the snake spitting out the snake letter reached Zhanmei's ears, and Zhanmei looked around, but she didn't find anything on the water, it seemed that this damn thing was underwater.

Fuck, my mother just wants to live, why is it so hard!

"Hmph, no matter who you are, if you dare to stand in the way of this girl today, you will wait to die!" Zhan Mei looked at the water with a grim expression. He pulled out the dagger from his leg, held it tightly in his hand, and looked around cautiously, not expecting that the cunning thing would know how to hibernate and wait for the opportunity.

Zhan Mei doesn't have the ability to float on the water, it is impossible to be stalemate all the time, she can't find a place to rest, and it's really passive to spend her energy all the time.

Zhan Mei closed her eyes, carefully listened to the movement in the water, and suddenly Zhan Mei had a smile on her face, because she felt that under the water surface in the center of the lake, there was the sound of water waves flowing, Zhan Mei gathered the mana in her body in the palm of her left hand, and hit hard towards the place where she heard the flow of water waves, and the mana hit splashed a few feet high on the water surface of the mist, and for a while a light rain fell in the center of the lake, and Zhan Mei in the water a few miles away was wet with mist.

"Whoa, the monster under the water was enraged by Zhan Mei, rushed out of the water, raised his head and howled, and Zhan Mei's eardrums ached faintly, good guy Zhan Mei raised his eyes and was startled, only to see the giant snake jumping out of the water, the dark scales on his body flashed with pale golden scales, his body was about the thickness of a bucket, and there were two bulging meat buds on the snake's head, a giant python, it seems that he has cultivated some climate.

Today you are a dragon and you have to be coiled for this girl, Zhan Mei thought fiercely in her heart. Holding a dagger in his right hand, he clutched his ears tightly. After the giant snake howled, its thick tail slapped fiercely on the water surface, and suddenly the waves on the water surface were turbulent, forming a high wall of water, which crushed towards Zhan Mei, who did not dare to plunder its abundance, and hurriedly dived into the water to avoid the water wall.

The water was rumbling, and Zhanmei's vision in the water was greatly blocked, and for a while she couldn't hear or see where the giant snake was swimming.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhan Mei swam back quickly in the water, ready to escape to the shallow water, Zhan Mei swam very fast, and a straight white wave was stirred up everywhere she went, and the white wave was not spectacular. It's a pity that although Zhanmei is fast, the giant snake is faster, the giant snake flashes like light in the water, and swallows Zhanmei with its bloody mouth, and wants to swallow Zhanmei in one bite.

Seeing this, Zhan Mei thought to herself: "If I am swallowed or entangled by this damn giant snake, I will definitely die today."

Zhan Mei put the handle of the dagger in her mouth in her mouth, slapped her hands beside her, and suddenly two water columns rose into the air, Zhan Mei controlled the water column to shoot towards the giant python, the giant snake was large and thick, but its actions were very agile, and when it saw that the situation was not good, it immediately hid in the water. The body is not exposed to the water, only making waves in the water, Zhan Mei can't see the situation in the water, and she has almost been planted in the hands of the giant snake several times.

"Let this girl catch you today, I must cramp and skin you, a damn long worm, eat snake meat and drink snake blood, in order to vent the hatred in my heart" Zhan Mei scolded loudly at the water. The snake in the water did not react at all, and one person and one snake were deadlocked. Zhan Mei found that this damn giant snake was cunning, and if you want to make a ruthless move, it will retreat, and as soon as you let go, it will start to attack you again, making people feel tired.

Zhan Mei was tired of this snake out of breath, suddenly Zhan Mei rolled her eyes, a plan hit her heart, only to see Zhan Mei swim to the middle of the lake regardless of the moment, the giant snake did not attack the first time, but lurked in the water to snoop, after a while the giant snake saw the prey and quickly swam through the center of the lake, suddenly moved, swimming quickly, a dragon swept the tail and turned around, the water in the lake formed a huge whirlpool, the giant snake with its tail to Zhan Mei's feet wound over, from bottom to top, The stout body was wrapped around Zhan Mei's body again and again, the giant snake controlled its body hard, wrapped around its prey, and was as tight as an iron hoop, the head of the giant snake stretched out in mid-air, staring at the constantly struggling prey, churning its body vigorously in the water, Zhan Mei was tossed by the giant snake in the water, Zhan Mei felt that the air was almost unable to inhale her lungs, and her brain was faint. The giant snake opened its mouth and spat out the snake letter, and the long snake letter licked tentatively against Zhanmei's cheek.

The cold and slippery snake letter swept across Zhanmei's face, and Zhanmei felt a burst of disgust in her heart, and layers of goosebumps appeared on her exposed skin in the air.

Zhan Mei held a dagger in her right hand, and stabbed at the body of the giant snake with all her mana, the giant snake tightly wrapped around Zhan Mei's body, and was not in a hurry to dodge for a while, and her body was almost cut in two, the giant snake still refused to let go of the shackles, held its head high and lowered it again, and violently sprayed a cloud of poisonous mist towards Zhan Mei, the poisonous mist sprayed in Zhan Mei's face and eyes, and for a while Zhan Mei felt pain into the bone marrow, and felt that her face was corroded, but Zhan Mei was still holding the fracture of the giant snake, and she didn't let go, so that it couldn't get rid of it if she wanted to. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he picked up the sharp dagger, infused the mana and slashed at the broken place, once, twice, three times...... Not long after, the body of the giant python was broken into two, and the giant snake whose body was divided into two parts not only did not die, but was angered, and the giant snake opened its bloody mouth and bit at Zhanmei's head regardless of it, and actually wanted to swallow the prey, but unfortunately Zhanmei had broken away from the shackles of the giant snake. The giant snake used its upper body to wrap around Zhan Mei again, Zhan Mei had just been sprayed by the poisonous mist, her eyes hurt terribly, for a while, she didn't have the energy to care about what the half-dead giant snake was doing, she just wanted to relieve a little facial pain, her body was immersed in water, and she washed her eyes and the venom on her face with water, and the python took advantage of Zhan Mei's lack of time to take care of it, and suddenly wrapped around her body, and wrapped it around and around it, Zhan Mei just washed her eyes in the water, and felt that it still hurt and couldn't help it. Now this damn snake has come to entangle itself again, which has deeply aroused the violence in Zhanmei's heart.

The giant snake held its head high and bit at the top of Zhanmei's head, Zhanmei was shocked when she saw this, struggled hard, tilted her head to the side, the giant snake bit off the position, through the thin middle coat, the python bit on Zhanmei's shoulder, and the long and sharp fangs bit into the flesh on Zhanmei's shoulder, Zhanmei was in severe pain for a while, and felt that the bones on her shoulder were about to break.

"Ah......hh Ah" Zhan Mei screamed again and again, tears and blood flowed down together, Zhan Mei swung her knife and slashed at the seven inches of the giant snake, once, twice, three times...... After a while, the strength of the giant snake's bite on Zhanmei's shoulder gradually decreased, and she gradually stopped struggling. The body of the serpent slowly sank into the water, and the blood that flowed from the wound stained a large area around it red, as red as a burning flame.

Zhan Mei used her intact left hand to grope in the torso of the giant snake, and finally touched the snake gall she wanted, only to see the snake gall the size of a thumb, the whole body was turquoise, and there was a faint dark green liquid flowing inside, as soon as Zhan Mei reached out and raised her neck, she swallowed the snake gall, and suddenly felt a bitter and fishy taste in her throat, which made people feel a feeling of nausea. Zhan Mei covered her mouth and swallowed the snake gall to death, just after swallowing the snake gall bladder, Zhan Mei felt a burst of dizziness in her brain, panic and shortness of breath, Zhan Mei knew that this was a snake venom attack, originally these snake venom was a trivial matter for herself, as long as she drove the mana to drive it out of the body, but unfortunately Zhan Mei had just fought with the giant snake and had missed the best time, now the toxin had invaded Zhan Mei's blood, and using the snake gall bladder was only a time to relieve the poison, Zhan Mei bit the tip of her tongue fiercely, Blood flowed down the corners of her mouth, Zhan Mei endured dizziness and dived into the water, took out the inner pill of snake cultivation in the seven inches of the snake corpse, and then surfaced and swam to the shallow water in front of her.

Zhan Mei muttered to herself: I'm so tired, it's so painful...... I really want to sleep, Zhan Mei slowly closed her heavy eyelids.

I don't know how long it took, Zhan Mei was lying on the stone, her fingers trembled slightly, and after a while, Zhan Mei finally woke up from the coma, Zhan Mei's bitten shoulder was already red and swollen, Zhan Mei touched it lightly with her left hand, "Hiss...... The painful Zhan Mei gasped for air, and the cold sweat on her forehead was crystal clear like a falling pearl, dripping on the water surface under her one by one, making an echo of "tick tock".

Zhan Mei did a good job of cross-legging, but unfortunately her shoulder was injured, and she couldn't do the simplest meditation posture on weekdays, and Zhan Mei's left hand tried hard to put the injured arm of her right hand back into place, because the injury hurt a little bit. Zhan Mei muttered, "Zhan Mei must not be deceived by this cruel illusion, in fact, this is just an illusion, it is a game called puzzle, it is as simple as chewing something, don't look at it and don't listen to it, you will succeed", Zhan Mei made a mental hint while fixing her right hand.

"Ah......hh Ahhh

After struggling for a long time, Zhan Mei finally put her right hand in dislocation, and her posture was fixed, and her heart beat badly after the severe pain, but Zhan Mei did not stop to rest, but seized the time to meditate and heal. The mana runs all over the body, moisturizing the injured parts, but the snake venom is too stubborn, and Zhan Mei can't expel it, so she can't just gather all these snake venom on her face, hoping that she can grow to the opportunity in the future to completely expel these toxins.

The dilapidated body was repaired by the nourishment of mana, and it was as intact as ever. Zhan Mei's most seriously injured shoulder also recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon it was almost healed, and Zhan Mei, who had sorted out her injuries, looked into the lake, and the blood of the giant snake of the good guy actually dyed a large area of the lake red.

Zhan Mei swam towards the middle of the lake again, just when she was fighting with the giant snake, Zhan Mei had already felt this giant snake, she should continue to cultivate for a long time, and the flesh of all things that she cultivated must be full of strength, Zhan Mei felt that she had sacrificed a lot, and now this snake is so dead, she can't do it, how can she ask for some money to come back to be enough, the water is blood-red, Zhan Mei can't see anything clearly in the water, only by virtue of her memory to grope into the water, Zhan Mei head down and feet up, swimming hard, the breath is almost gone, and she hasn't even touched the end, I don't know how deep this lake is, Zhan Mei was unwilling in her heart, and she swam down hard, and finally the emperor lived up to her heart, Zhan Mei's hand touched a slippery object, Zhan Mei passed her coat through the snake body, tied the knot and pulled her clothes with her right hand to swim to the surface of the lake, "bang", the sound of tearing clothes came into Zhan Mei's ears, Zhan Mei sighed in her heart, hurriedly stretched out her hands, and struggled to hold the snake body and swim up.

Sure enough, as Zhan Mei expected, there was a huge waterfall outside the lake, Zhan Mei swam far away from the waterfall, and felt the huge suction from the turbulent water, Zhan Mei continued to swim forward for a while, feeling that the suction of the water was getting stronger, and it was no longer within the range that he could bear, so he decisively let go of his hands, and the body of the giant snake flowed towards the waterfall, and Zhan Mei went back and forth to deal with the other section.

Zhan Mei rested for a while and swam to the waterfall, just close to the waterfall, there was a force that strangles all things like Zhan Mei crushed, Zhan Mei used mana to form a layer of light film to protect her body, and flowed down the waterfall, Zhan Mei was in the light film, looking at the scenery below the waterfall.

I saw that the end of the waterfall is a pool, it should be formed by the impact of a huge waterfall, it is bottomless, and the water vapor that comes up is very cold, the pool water overflows out of the mouth of the pool and flows into the river outside, and the white splash rolls up the waves. Zhan Mei was hit by the waterfall and fell, "bang", like a bomb thrown into the deep pool, the water surface in the deep pool splashed more than a foot high, Zhan Mei removed the light curtain, and swam from the deep pool to the river.

Entering the river, although it is also very cool, but after all, it is much warmer than the place where he used to stay, the more he swims out, the stronger the light, Zhan Mei's eyes have been for a long time, I have not seen a strong light, in addition to the venom of the giant snake sprayed into the eyes, Zhan Mei's eyesight has been greatly damaged, and she sees things vaguely, not very real, like a blind man. All I could hear was the sound of rushing water and paddling myself, which echoed through the cavern.

Zhan Mei didn't know how long she had been swimming in the river, she felt that the water under her body was getting shallower and shallower, probably only the depth of her waist, looking into the distance through her blurred vision, a small river meandered and flowed, twisting and turning, the bottom of the crystal clear water, the pebbles were densely paved, Zhan Mei felt a little sluggish when she stepped on it with her bare feet, but she was very comfortable by the pebbles, as if someone was massaging.

There was a sound of water, and Zhan Mei went ashore from the water, her waist-length long hair was wet and still dripping down, and the wet clothes on her body were also tightly attached to her body, but all this could not affect Zhan Mei's good mood.

The valley here is inaccessible, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the vegetation in the mountains is luxuriant, and the coolness is coming

Zhan Mei stretched out her arms, turned her face up, and screamed in the wind: "Zhan Mei is back again!" Yes...... Ah, like a madman.

Zhan Mei's voice spread far and wide, and the sharp sound startled the surrounding birds and finches, and they scattered in fright.

Hearing the surrounding birds fluttering their wings and fleeing in all directions frightened by themselves, Zhan Mei's smiling flowers and branches trembled, and the dimples at the corners of her mouth sank deeply, saying: "What a group of cute cowards", Zhan Mei thought in her heart: "Although I can't see them, Zhan Mei can imagine their posture, it must be very cute"

No matter what, as long as the pain is overcome, there will be hope in life, the dark clouds will eventually disperse, and the radiant sun will eventually be sprinkled all over the world, bringing hope to the world

The joy of seeing the light of day again filled Zhanmei's heart, and all the depression in her heart disappeared for a while, she was so happy that her face was full of light, and a pair of beautiful eyes were full of hope for a new life.

Zhan Mei escaped from the underground dark river with great difficulty, swimming thousands of meters of water, tired of her, a person who has achieved cultivation, she can't stand such a rush, plus the joy and sorrow can't bear it for a while, and she actually fell to the ground and fell unconscious.