Chapter 153: Sycophancy
Mrs. Yinghong smiled slightly, glanced at him, and continued: "I waited for two shifts like this, and my feet were numb, and the cold wind blew my heart into ice. I saw that there was nothing unusual at all in the quiet of Yilong Lake, and there was no red light and monsters on the long ridge of the elephant trunk rush, only a gust of cold sharp wind hit the lake and blew on the trees at the foot of the rock, which made people listen to the bleak taste of the rainy night in the deep mountains. In this lonely realm, there were no monsters, and I was a little frightened, and my hairs stood on end! I couldn't stay any longer, so I got on my horse and ran home. But although I didn't see the dragon appear that night, I did search for a trace of the three missing people. I have been hiding this trace in my heart for many days, and when you come home, everyone will think about it. Because this trace was something I remembered by chance in the wind and rain that night, and I didn't want to talk nonsense to people casually, until you came home today. ”
Li Kecheng listened quietly for a long time, thinking that his wife had worked hard all night in the cold wind and cold rain, and it was in vain. This joy is not trivial, he didn't even have time to his thumb, his hands were crisply clapped, Huo stood up and praised: "Madam is resourceful after all, worthy of a heroine, but she has poked out traces." ”
This Li Shoubei has always been in awe of his wife, no matter what, as long as his wife says a word, he is really more obedient than a military order. At this time, he praised all the way, which made Mrs. Yinghong's face pale, and she said with disgust: "Before the matter is explained, you will open your mouth." Who wants you to put gold on my face? I'll find out a little bit for you, whether it's right or not, or you are in charge, otherwise what do you men do?"
Li Kecheng heard that his voice was not round, and his fart slapped on his leg, shrugged his shoulders, and was silent.
But I heard Mrs. Yinghong say again: "What I mean, it's all because I stood behind the spear rock for a long time that night, and the dark and dreary night, a bleak wind and rain, it is impossible to look at the scene near and far with my eyes. But at that time, I faintly heard the roar of a tiger and leopard fighting in the distance, which seemed to be behind the elephant's trunk. Listen to the roar, high and low, as if there were many beasts of prey competing in the rainforest. I know that our Blue Lion City is close to each other, and because you often surround it, there is no trace of the demon beast. I remembered that on the day our son was born that year, you were in the deep mountains not far from the Blue Lion City, and you met a golden leopard on a tree, and you felt that it was cold, so you named the child Flying Leopard. ”
"Why can I hear the roars of many tigers and leopards after I planted the spear rock that night? Besides, if there were really tigers and leopards in Elephant Trunk Chong, our Orions in Blue Lion City would have already reported coming. But I heard it very clearly, and the two old men who went with me also heard it, because I commanded them not to make it public, lest they should be disturbed by the people. Fortunately, since the disappearance of the three people, the residents thought that the dragon was a monster, and the shore of Yilong Lake was closed to people even during the day. This is good, if there are tigers and leopards on the Elephant Trunk Chong Ridge, the residents will not be harmed. So I thought that the three people disappeared on the night of the moon jump, maybe they were taken by the tigers and leopards, but there were more than one or two tigers and leopards, so all three of them were missing. I suspect that the demon beast has appeared, and I am afraid that the days will continue, and the demon beast will run over the spear rock to cause a catastrophe, so I hurriedly called you back to discuss a solution. ”
Li Kecheng had already made up his mind while listening to it, and said: "This is easy, I will select a few more strong leaders tomorrow, prepare a little more beast hunting weapons, and search all the way from the elephant's trunk rush." If the three missing people were really taken by the tiger and leopard, they must have left their bones. Regardless of his herds of tigers and leopards, he drove them all away and avenged the three soldiers. Carrying the killed tigers and leopards back can also reassure the hearts of the people. At the moment, the husband and wife discussed it properly, and Li Kecheng went outside to discuss with his subordinates the method of hunting and investigating, and decided to act according to the plan the next day.
Early the next morning, Li Kecheng and several leaders were fully equipped, prepared horses, mules and camels, brought blades and hidden weapons, selected 50 henchmen and warriors, carried bows, poisonous crossbows and all hunting equipment, and left Mrs. Yinghong and marched out of the city. The residents along the way saw Li Kecheng, one by one leaned down to salute, the older one, and told the strange thing about the disappearance of the three people in Yilong Lake in front of the horse.
In a flash, it has gone around the Spear Rock and descended along the lake to the southwest Elephant Trunk Chong Ridge. The group of men and horses crossed the ridge of the elephant trunk chong, and walked out for more than 30 miles. Because the search for the whereabouts of the three missing people and the lair of the beast was not carried out as scheduled, the more dangerous and mysterious it was, the more carefully searched it was. In this way, between the heavy mountains and mountains, all the way through the thorns and reckless, crossing the ravines and streams. Because I searched carefully all the way, stayed along the way, and walked through the sparsely populated barren mountains and dangerous places, I walked very slowly.
After walking for a long time, I couldn't see a single figure, and I couldn't even see some ordinary beasts and birds, which was a strange thing. This group of centaurs used to be habitual hunters, and in this case, there must have been extremely powerful monsters in all directions, if it was only tigers and leopards, the birds in the deep forest would not be afraid to flee. And pay attention to the mountains and forests all the way, it can be seen that at least in the last few days, there are no traces of beasts such as tigers and leopards, which shows that even the beasts have fled far away. This time, everyone was wary.
Li Kecheng and several ringleaders took the lead, talking about what kind of monster is so domineering, and on the other hand, he kept his nerves over the mountain, and was always on guard, so as not to make a mistake in the group. A leader suddenly thought of something and said to Li Kecheng: "My lord, didn't Madame hear the roar of a group of tigers and leopards behind the ridge that night?"
Li Kecheng said: "Yes, I am also thinking about it at the moment. She must be suspicious of ghosts, there is no such thing at all. ”
The leader shook his head and smiled, "Your Excellency has misunderstood, I dare to conclude that the roar that Madame heard is true, and it is indeed a large group running past." There were no tigers and leopards after the elephant trunk rushed to the ridge, and that night was stormy, and suddenly there was this large group of tigers and leopards, roaring and running, killing each other, and it was from a distance that a powerful monster drove over. It can be seen that this kind of monster is afraid of even tigers and leopards to flee, and it is by no means an ordinary thing, and it does not appear often. ”
"I think that on the night of the moon jump, the fire and candles, and the singing spread far away, it was only then that the monster was lured out. The unfortunate soldier and a couple of sentient men and women suffered from it. The monster got the sweetness from that night, and naturally noticed the elephant trunk rush. The night when the lady came out was again stormy and miserable, and it seemed that the monster was going to rush to the trunk of the elephant again in search of something tasty after it had become more quiet. About the place where the monster lay ambush, far away from the elephant trunk rush, along the way, he ran into the group of tigers and leopards halfway. The group of tigers and leopards relied on many companions, so they fought fiercely with the monsters, and in the end they were unable to defeat the monsters, so they rushed to the trunk of the elephant. ”