Chapter 43: The Snake Shadow Tracks
The horse under him suddenly trembled, Zhou Huan's expression changed greatly, and he subconsciously grabbed the reins.
"What's wrong?"
Her voice trembled uncontrollably.
This is not to blame her, she had a horseback riding experience in her previous life, and she was almost killed by the Liu family's plot.
Just now, she was able to get on the horse without any other face, but she didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of Mo Liang, but she was actually terrified.
Qi Fengmian sensed her fear, and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, my horsemanship is okay." ”
Zhou Huan was a little relieved, and looked up to find that it was not only them, but other horses were also restless, and some even needed someone to tighten the reins before they could barely take a few steps forward.
Mo Liang, who was the leader, smelled the unusual breath and raised his hand to signal everyone to stop.
He picked two sturdy men to go ahead to investigate, and before they had taken a few steps, the two of them turned pale with fright.
Right at the rapids of the river, there were several snakes, colorful, the thickest of which was about the thickness of a human thigh.
One of them took a bold step forward, the icy river gaining a hint of warmth, and he saw the snakes in the air, curling smoke.
He was relieved and slowly returned to the same way.
"In front of the master, there is a hot spring eye, and there are many poisonous snakes coiling on it."
Mo Liang glanced over there and frowned.
Walking along the water's edge is not only the fastest way to the Western Regions, but also the greatest possible way to hide the smell and prevent people from chasing after you, which is more dangerous if you change back to the pipeline or the trail.
Just when he hesitated, Qi Fengmian opened his lips: "Walking from here has alarmed the snakes, and many people will die, and if the pursuers behind them find it, they will definitely guess that you are along the waterway." ”
What he said was reasonable, but when it reached Mo Liang's ears, it changed its taste, and he immediately ordered: "Let's move on!" ”
As soon as the words came out, everyone's faces changed.
Even if you don't have the ability to predict from the national teacher, you know that people will die with common sense.
But Mo Liang didn't listen to the persuasion, and was full of thoughts about going against Qi Fengmian, and couldn't give him a chance to be proud.
Qi Fengmian sighed, leaned into Zhou Huan's ear, and muttered: "Don't let go when you hold on to the reins later, this early spring snake is very hungry, fierce and abnormal, if you let go and fall, no one can save you." ”
Zhou Huan also became nervous, "I will." ”
Qi Fengmian clamped the horse's belly, and the horse sneezed unwillingly, shaking his head and trying to resist, but he couldn't resist the people on the horse, so he had to walk forward with trembling feet.
When Zhou Huan saw the group of snakes clearly, she was cold, and the reins in her hand were like tofu, which would break when she pinched them, and she was terrified to even catch them.
Qi Fengmian suddenly tightened the reins, and the horse under him immediately stepped on his front hooves and neighed.
The snakes, which had already shown signs of awakening due to the approach of the horses, writhed in an instant, like a group of demons dancing towards everyone.
Zhou Huan was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood his intentions, and hurriedly grabbed the reins.
Several people who had been monitoring them were also frightened at this time, and in a few seconds, Qi Feng Mian ran into the frightened forest.
"Chase!"
Mo Liang reacted the fastest, and chased after him.
As everyone knows, as soon as he left, the team behind him was already crushed, and many horses kicked people down and ran away.
But when he realized it, he couldn't turn back, so he could only chase after him.
Qi Fengmian has no martial arts, but his equestrian skills are first-class, even if he is a raw horse that he has just seen, he is very obedient under his control, and shuttles flexibly through the forest.
Zhou Huan glanced back nervously, and found that Mo Liang was about to catch up, and hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up, Mo Liang is coming." ”
Qi Fengmian looked around, and ran to the left with a sharp turn.
Wherever it was most difficult to walk along the way, he ran wherever he went, and the distance between the two of them was widened for a while.
At the same time, Silvermoon, led by the two cats, slowly approached the waterway that she had left earlier.
"Master, I didn't expect this cat to be like a dog, it can find people."
Ling Feng had just discovered the two around the abandoned carriage and was very surprised by them.
Although they are very good-looking, they have a big attack power, and if it weren't for the master coming out, they would almost jump up and fight them.
Yinyue bullied the group a lot on weekdays, even if her mother was in front of her, she still looked back at Yinyue from time to time.
That pitiful look warmed anyone's heart.
Yinyue picked it up expressionlessly, and whispered: "Looking at the appearance of the female cat, we are afraid that we will collide with them soon, otherwise we will not pose as a hunting stance." ”
Ling Feng nodded and shook his head, "I don't understand, this cat is not going to become a sperm, it can understand human words, you see it still turns its head to look at you." ”
Tang Yuan shook his chubby round face and quickened his pace.
"It should be right up front."
The ball in his arms was slightly larger than the palm, and Yinyue buried it deep in his arms with his right hand, and his free hand grabbed the reins and suddenly increased his speed.
The hope in his heart was a face hidden under a mask that he was not even aware of. also because of the person who was looking forward to it, and nervousness appeared.
If this is seen by Ling Feng, he will definitely sigh, and the dignified cold-faced prince has a time when he is worried.
Zhou Huan suddenly sneezed, she touched her nose randomly, poked her head back, and happened to hit the flying arrow.
"Be careful! He's shooting arrows! ”
Zhou Huan shrunk her neck backwards, and the arrow flew past her cheek.
The face is hot, proving that the scene just now is not an illusion.
Fortunately, Yinyue taught her a little three-legged cat kung fu, otherwise she would have an arrow stuck in her head at this moment and rushed to Huangquan again.
Qi Fengmian suddenly took a big spin and turned the horse's head back to face him.
Mo Liang, who was drawing the bow, was stunned for a moment, and at the last moment, he suddenly increased his speed and rushed straight towards Mo Liang.
Zhou Huan's heart rose to his throat, and he watched Mo Liang get closer and closer to him.
Just as he was about to collide, Mo Liang barely dodged it sideways, but the horse under him stumbled a few steps and almost fell because he was frightened.
Zhou Huan glanced back with palpitations, and found that Mo Liang's speed was much slower when he chased again, and the horse under him didn't know if he was bent when he was hiding just now, and his walking posture was weird.
"Did you expect him to dodge when you rushed up?"
Asking a psychological question, she turned back and stared at Mo Liang closely.
Qi Fengmian chuckled lightly and said in a low voice: "I don't know, it's purely gambling, after all, if you continue to run, you will be shot by a target, if you scare him, it is estimated that it will cause him a psychological burden, and the next time you pull the bow, the hit rate will decrease." ”
Zhou Huan's lips moved, and he patted his chest with some fear, "I didn't expect that the National Teacher would also become a gambler one day." ”
"It seems that I am lucky, if I am not afraid of God's punishment to go to the gambling house to gamble, I will not worry about the rest of my life." Qi Fengmian is a rare humor, and his eyes are shining with a moist light.
Who knew that right behind him, someone drew the bow again, and the cold, sharp arrow was aimed at his head.
With a thud, the arrow tore through the air and lunged at him.
The fear from the bottom of his heart couldn't help but make Qi Fengmian look sideways slightly, and it was this momentary sideways that saved his life.
Qi Fengmian hurriedly pressed Zhou Huan's head and dodged the attack, but before he could explain, his body stiffened, and the pain in his abdomen instantly spread around.
Even if he didn't look down, he knew he had been shot.
"It's dangerous." Zhou Huan sighed for the rest of his life after the catastrophe.
Qi Fengmian hooked his lips slightly, and said softly: "Yes, it's dangerous." ”
He tightened the reins and guided Maxima back to the previous waterway.
It was already a mess, there was nothing but visible blood, not even the expected corpse.
Zhou Huan looked at the spring strangely, but when he turned his head, his eyes were covered.
"Don't look." Qi Fengmian whispered in her ear.
Just where the snakes were resting before, a large python opened its huge mouth and devoured a man with a purple face who had lost his eyeballs.
A giant python beside it watched fiercely, and after the python swallowed the corpse, it suddenly stepped forward and entangled it to death, opened its huge mouth and swallowed it into its belly.
It wasn't the only one who had this scene, almost all the snakes were killing each other.
Only a few small snakes were hiding in the distance, and after being alarmed by Zhou Huan and them, they attacked as fast as lightning.
Fortunately, Qi Fengmian was prepared, and under his guidance, Maxima ran so fast that he left them behind in the blink of an eye.
It wasn't until she was safe that Qi Fengmian let her open her eyes.
Zhou Huan looked around and said suspiciously, "Are you planning to return the same way?" ”
They had already walked for a day, and if they really had to go back the way they came, the horses would not be able to bear it.
Qi Fengmian didn't know when fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, sticking his hair to it, there was a kind of tiredness of a lotus, he pulled his lips, wanted to speak, but his voice was like a mosquito.
"Not ......"
Before he could speak, he fell backwards and planted his horse.
"National Teacher!"
Zhou Huan shouted anxiously, and he didn't know where he got the courage, so he tightened the reins and forced the horse to stop.
Before she could stand still, she jumped off her horse and ran away.
I don't know when, Qi Fengmian stuck an arrow in his back, and the wound was still bleeding.
Qi Fengmian's bloodless face closed his eyes, he was already a lotus-like person, but he was more like it at the moment.
"Don't scare me."
She looked around in a panic, looking for medicine to stop the bleeding.
But where to find medicine in winter?
Zhou Huan couldn't help but burst into tears, but she desperately stopped, thinking in her heart that if crying was useful, she wouldn't mind if the tears were dry.
She hesitated, then took him by the arm and walked toward the horse.
I don't know if Mo Liang was stopped by the snake, if he doesn't move again, he will definitely be chased.
After making up her mind and helping Qi Fengmian onto the horse, she also got on the horse tremblingly, and with the memory of her previous life, she manipulated it unfamiliarly.
But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't let herself become skilled in equestrianism in a short period of time.
Soon there was the sound of horses' hooves behind his ears, beating his heart with a bang.
Zhou Huan turned back in fear, and happened to bump into Mo Liang's scarlet eyes.