Suddenly, a few sparks fell into the pile of firewood and grass, and with a bang, there was a blinding fire and the smell of sulfur saltpeter, and the princess was overjoyed and cried out in surprise. But her cheers were short-lived, for the light of the fire was short-lived. In a flash of firelight, it was quickly extinguished, and even though Lin Jue puffed out his cheeks and blew hard, there was no more firelight.

Lin Jue sat there in a daze, looking a little sad. Princess Jinhua suddenly felt unbearable in her heart, and comforted her: "You have done your best, don't be sad......"

Lin Jue turned a deaf ear, and suddenly acted again, took out a gunpowder sac from his waist, broke it with a sharp knife, and said in a deep voice: "It's because the thing that ignites the fire is too wet, and you must start the fire." to be able to ignite gradually. You're wearing fur, aren't you? ”

Princess Jinhua said: "It's fur, what's wrong?" ”

Lin Jue said: "Pull off a few tufts of hair to use." ”

Princess Jinhua opened her mouth to ask, but soon closed her mouth, she understood what Lin Jue meant, and secretly praised this person in her heart for his flexible brain. He was wearing a small jacket of red fox fur, and the red fox fur was soft and dry, which was an excellent fire starter. Thinking of this, he tore off a few handfuls of fox fur from his body and handed them to Lin Jue.

Lin Jue carefully sprinkled the gunpowder in the medicine bag on the fluffy hair, put the hair on the ground, and then began to tear his clothes, tearing them into more than a dozen rags, wrapping them softly with slightly drier twigs one by one, and placing them beside him.

After doing all this, Lin Jue sighed, raised his hand to the sky and said, "God bless, teach me to build this fire." ”

With that, he took the stone and the scimitar and began to beat again, and this time it didn't take a dozen strikes before the spark ignited the powder in the beast's hair, crackling and burning violently, and the flames rose high. Lin Jue was overjoyed, trembling and putting up the branches and cloth one by one. The flame was extinguished quickly after burning violently, and the fur burned extremely quickly, without much lasting burning power at all. Just when Princess Jinhua thought that she was going to fail again, a few strips of cloth wrapped in branches that Lin Jue puffed out her cheeks and blew the wind burst out with a faint fire. A dozen branches wrapped in strips of cloth soon rekindled the flames, and they burned into a small campfire.

As long as it is burned, the rest will be much easier. Lin Jue kept adding the young branches, although it was a little damp, but the branches were quickly dried and ignited in the fire. The overjoyed Princess Jinhua pulled a few large handfuls of animal hair and threw them into the fire, making the flames burn even stronger.

When a few arm-thick branches also crackled and burned, Lin Jue finally took a long breath and said with a smile: "It's done, don't be afraid to extinguish it now, there are so many branches and plants and trees that have fallen here, enough to burn for a while." With fire, we don't have to freeze to death. God willing, thank God. ”

Princess Jinhua was also very happy, raised her hand to the sky and said coquettishly: "Thank you for the immortal heaven, thank you for the blessing of the mountain god." And when I return, I will set an altar and sacrifice for worship. ”

Lin Jue smiled, moved his body and said, "Come here to bake the fire, it's already hot here." ”

Princess Goldenflower nodded in agreement and sat down beside the campfire. The campfire jumped, radiating heat and hope. In such a cold night, in such a desperate situation, there can be such a bonfire burning, that is the hope of survival. A man and a woman trapped here also have a desire to survive.

"We'll just have to get through the night, and tomorrow during the day, the smoke from the cave will attract them to rescue us, and we'll be out of danger." Lin Jue said with a smile.

Princess Jinhua was overjoyed in her heart, and nodded: "That's right, we don't have to die here." ”

Lin Jue looked up at Princess Jinhua's cheeks flushed by the bonfire, and found that this Princess Jinhua was very beautiful. It was the first time that I had carefully seen this woman's appearance, although she was a Jurchen princess, her appearance was graceful and delicate, and she was not as wild and heroic as Lin Jue guessed.

Princess Jinhua found that Lin Jue was staring at her, and she was about to be angry when her willow eyebrows furrowed, but suddenly her expression changed, and she pointed at Lin Jue's face in horror and said, "You...... You...... What happened to your face? ”

Lin Jue was stunned, and when he touched it back, he touched a fragment of the mask that had fallen off, and immediately laughed dumbly. It seems that the mask on his face didn't know how to break during the previous toss, and at this moment, it seems that a face has been torn, which must be extremely scary.

Lin Jue turned his head, reached out and removed the mask from his face, turned around and threw it into the fire. Princess Jinhua saw Lin Jue's true face, and opened her mouth in surprise, stunned. I thought to myself: "It turns out that this man is so young and so handsome, I really didn't expect it." Why did you dress up as such an ugly man before? It turned out that the two women were married to such a handsome man, no wonder. Such a handsome man is certainly attractive. ”

Lin Jue threw a branch into the fire, reached out and picked up the scimitar beside him and handed it to Princess Jinhua, and said in a deep voice: "If you are sleepy, you can sleep for a while." You don't have to worry about what I'm going to do, I'm not going to do anything bad to you. ”

Princess Jinhua shook her head and said, "I'm not sleepy at all, and I'm not afraid that you will be bad for me, I believe you won't do that." If you are sleepy, you can sleep for a while, and I will never be against you. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "I also believe in you, but I'm not sleepy." Keep the fire in its sights, or it will be extinguished. Why don't we just chat and pass the long night? ”

Princess Jinhua thought for a while and said, "It's okay, I also happen to have a lot of questions for you." ”

Lin Jue rubbed his hands beside the flame and said with a smile: "But it doesn't hurt to ask." ”

Princess Jinhua tilted her head and thought for a while, "You are from the Great Zhou, aren't you?" How did you end up on this desert island? Are you in the same group as the people we met before? Are they all from the imperial court? ”

Lin Jue smiled: "You ask so many questions at once, teach me how to answer?" But I can answer you one by one. We are indeed Great Zhou people, and as for why we appeared on a desert island, I'm afraid I can't tell you why. But I can tell you that we are not here for you. We were originally on the island, and we happened to see your ships meet the imperial ships at sea, and when you came to the island, we were afraid that you were coming to our disadvantage, so we secretly came to watch. There was no other idea. Those officials are naturally not in league with us, and you think, if we are in a gang, why should I eavesdrop on your conversation? There's no need for that. ”

Princess Jinhua frowned and thought for a while, "You are sea bandits? I know that Snake Island was originally occupied by pirates, and your Great Zhou caused a big mess last year, and it was the pirates who engaged in some kind of Qingjiao in the inland of your Great Zhou and launched a rebellion, right? Are you the people of the Green Sect, forced to stay on the island? ”

Lin Jue shook his head and smiled: "What you said did happen, but we are not from the Qingjiao, we came to this island unintentionally, and we have no intention of living on this island permanently." It's all just a coincidence. ”

Princess Jinhua frowned and said, "So who are you?" Look at you and the people under you, you are not ordinary people. I don't believe you if you are pirates, and you are not fishermen. You said that you are not from the Great Zhou court, so who are you? ”

Lin Jue smiled and said, "Why should the princess get to the bottom of it? ”

Princess Jinhua said: "You said that you want to gain mutual trust with me, but I don't even know who you are, so how can I trust you?" Even if we are saved, if I don't trust you, I won't let you go alive. For you yourself know that you have heard our secrets, and I will not let you get out of here alive. ”

Lin Jue nodded slightly and said, "You mean, even if you get out of trouble, you will take me as a hostage." Won't you let us go, will you? ”

Princess Jinhua said: "I don't want to do this, but you eavesdropped on my secret." Don't think I can't deal with you. Your men are powerful, but there are still hundreds of my retinue on the docks, and they must have all been on the island by now. Fight hard, you are not opponents. ”

Lin Jue nodded, this is not a threat out of thin air. There should be a lot of soldiers on that ship, and they must have all gotten the news to the island now, maybe when they met Mu Qing and Bai Bing, they would have already had a fight.

"If it had been before, I would not have said such things to you, if you can't get out of trouble, it's okay, once you get out of trouble, you must kill them all. But now...... I've changed my opinion of you, and I hope I can trust you. So, you should confess to me. Gain my trust, and trust me that you will not interfere with our plans, and I can convince myself to let you go. Princess Jinhua said in a deep voice.

Lin Jue was not angry at Princess Jinhua's offensive words, and he couldn't afford to argue with her about whether her Jurchen soldiers were opponents of his own men.

"Since the girl said so, then let's be honest with each other. Before I tell you who I really am, I would like to ask the girl a few questions. ”

Princess Jinhua said angrily: "I'm asking you, why are you asking about me?" ”

Lin Jue waved his hand and said, "You have already asked, now it's my turn." Let's take turns asking questions, and from now on no one can hide it. ”

Princess Jinhua stared at Lin Jue for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, you just ask." ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "Thank you, girl, I heard them call you princess, is the girl a princess of the Jurchen clan?" What is Fang's name? ”

Princess Jinhua said in a deep voice: "My Jurchen clan does not have a princess, this is because the clansmen heard that the Liao Kingdom and the Great Zhou have the title of princess, so they call me a princess." My name is Wan Yan Mingyue, and this is my real name. ”

Lin Jue nodded, and muttered: "Wanyan Mingyue, Wanyan Mingyue, this name is quite nice." But I don't know what your relationship is with the leader of the Jurchen clan, Wanyan Aguda. ”

Wanyan Mingyue puffed out her mouth and said, "Shouldn't I be asking you?" That's another question for you. ”

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "Okay, you ask me." ”