And when Su Jinyao was pulled up by Gu Shangqing, her weight was light, and she was really almost thrown off the mountain.

Fortunately, Gu Shangqing held Su Jinyao tightly on top, and A-Ning also supported Su Jinyao's feet below.

Su Jinyao took advantage of the situation to jump to the top of the mountain, and then squatted down like Gu Shangqing and observed the situation on the top of the mountain.

At a glance, Su Jinyao took a deep breath and said loudly: "A-Ning, don't come up, retreat quickly." ”

Gu Shangqing was stunned for a moment, and before he could ask, Su Jinyao had already pressed A Ning nearby. Then he pulled Gu Shangqing to the edge of the cliff and pressed it hard.

Just as Su Jinyao was about to climb down, a flash of lightning suddenly rushed through the sky, and thunder followed, shaking the entire mountain.

As soon as Gu Shangqing looked up below, he saw another purple and blue lightning bolt coming out of the low clouds.

The lightning struck this side in the form of a huge net, and it was about to hit Su Jinyao's back.

Su Jinyao didn't have time to look back, but she saw the purple light reflected in the lightning from Gu Shangqing's eyes.

Su Jinyao knows very well that no matter how strong manpower is, no matter how strong the human body is, it is no match for the power of nature after all. If this lightning bolt did hit her......

"Aning, rope!" Su Jinyao shouted loudly, and at the same time, her body jumped forward and jumped down.

Danger after risk

"Jin Yao!" Gu Shangqing watched Su Jinyao jump off his head.

When he jumped past him, Gu Shangqing also tried to reach out and grab it. But Su Jinyao's leap was a little far, and Gu Shangqing didn't catch Su Jinyao by just a fraction of a second, so he watched her fall down directly.

"Master!" A-Ning also screamed, and at the same time threw the rope around his waist and clung to the stone wall.

Su Jinyao's body kept falling, and her heart tightened. She hopes that A-Ning can have a tacit understanding with herself, so that there will be some miracles.

Fortunately, Su Jinyao saw the rope thrown in front of her in a parabola. She strained to tighten her body and change some of the direction of the fall, as she reached out and grabbed the rope.

The rough rope suddenly wore out Su Jinyao's palm, and the huge pull made her arm hurt.

At the same time, A-Ning almost couldn't grasp the stone wall because of the falling force of Su Jinyao's fall. Coupled with the effect of the rain, A-Ning's body also began to slide.

Gu Shangqing slid down quickly, slid to Ah Ning's side, one hand quickly pulled the rope around Ah Ning's waist, and the other hand tightly clasped the stone, so that Su Jinyao did not fall Ah Ning as well.

Su Jinyao pulled the rope on her arm, her body swayed slightly, and her toes stepped on a stone to stabilize her figure.

It's just that the danger of falling has just ended, and there is a loud "boom" overhead, and countless gravel has fallen. That's because lightning struck the edge of the cliff and knocked a gap out of the cliff.

The "fluttering" stones fell down the mountain wall, fortunately, there were not too big pieces, but they also beat Su Jinyao, Gu Shangqing, and A Ning with a blue nose and swollen face, and a big bag.

After all the stones fell, Gu Shangqing pulled Su Jinyao to the side a little more with one arm, and when he could pull her hand, he was relieved.

Gu Shangqing looked up at the gap on the edge of the stone cliff, and only then did he understand why Su Jinyao was in a hurry to let them down.

Because the top of the mountain is empty, and it is bare. At this time, the dark clouds in the sky were so low that they were almost pressing down on the top of the mountain. Fortunately, he didn't stand up immediately when he went up, otherwise the thunder and lightning would come faster and would directly chop him to pieces.

"Jinyao, you're too risky." Although Gu Shangqing said this, he knew that if Su Jinyao hadn't been decisive just now, the thunder and lightning would have shattered her.

A Ning also held Su Jinyao from the other side, and looked at Su Jinyao's eyes with eagerness.

Su Jinyao was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "A-Ning, why are you looking at me like this?" Could it be that it is because I have just been able to make a decisive judgment? ”

A-Ning shook his head, took a breath, and said, "Master, thank you for your trust in me. ”

If Su Jinyao hesitated a little just now, then Lightning would never hesitate; Therefore, at that moment, Su Jinyao's trust in A-Ning was even directly delivered to life and death.

Su Jinyao patted A-Ning's shoulder, wiped the water on her face again, and said, "Actually, I'm also scared." But there was no choice at that time. There may be hope when you jump, but if you are in the mountains, you will definitely die. ”

The three of them were frightened, but this was not the place to stop talking, so after a short rest and a little adjustment of mood, they quickly descended the mountain.

At this time, the soldier who reported the news had already led the rest of the people over, and everyone looked up

Look over here.

Originally, the rain curtain was layered and the view was blocked, but when the lightning hit, everything on the top of the mountain was illuminated. Su Jinyao's movements also seemed to be exposed to the flashing lights, allowing all the soldiers under the mountain to see clearly.

When Su Jinyao and the others came down safely, everyone was stunned for a moment, and there was only the sound of wind and rain around. Then, I don't know who cheered, and all the soldiers cheered too.

In their opinion, Su Jinyao is no longer just a little woman, nor is she a princess. It was as if she were the spiritual banner of all people, erected in the midst of the storm, and became the hope in their hearts.

It's just that Su Jinyao didn't think so in her heart. Risking the danger to climb up but not observing the situation, and almost being struck by lightning, it can be seen that the situation is not going well.

Unless the clouds cleared and they could continue to climb the mountain, they would have to go through the corner between the two mountains and risk the falling rocks on the mountain to save people.

More importantly, they had no way of knowing how many people were killed or what was going on beneath the pile.

If people are still alive, then they can take a risk. But if there is no hope of rescue, then letting these people dig a pile of rocks is undoubtedly forcing them to die.

"Jinyao, don't worry, there will always be a way." Gu Shangqing saw Su Jinyao's lost and anxious eyes and patted her shoulder.

Su Jinyao nodded and said, "I have to go down and take a look, if it really doesn't work...... We can only wait until the weather improves. ”

Gu Shangqing also nodded, because they knew that they couldn't use the lives of the living to gamble with natural disasters.

A Ning walked up to Su Jinyao without a sound, gently raised her hand, and checked Su Jinyao's frayed palm.

When the rain hit the tender flesh of her palms, Su Jinyao gasped in pain, and when she looked down, she saw that the palms of her hands were worn out, and blood began to ooze in some places.

"It's okay, just rub the medicine. A-Ning, you help me get the medicine. Su Jinyao looked at her bag and signaled that the medicine was here.

A-Ning reached out and touched Su Jinyao's pouch and took out several bottles.

Su Jinyao said, "The black bottle, the blue stopper." ”

What came out of the bottle was a translucent potion, a little thicker, more like glue.

However, as soon as it is attached to the wound, a thin protective film is formed, which not only coagulates blood, but also can converge the wound.

Ah Ning used a strip of cloth to bandage Su Jinyao's palm again, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

When Su Jinyao and the others were about to find out the situation again, Fang Lei rushed over with another team of people.

Fang Lei ran in front of him, shouting loudly as he ran: "Master, over there...... There's also a road behind the mountain. ”

When Su Jinyao heard this, she hurriedly greeted her and asked, "Don't worry, speak slowly, where is the road to the back of the mountain?" ”

"I took people around and found a tunnel through the mountain. It's just that halfway up the mountain, there are cliffs up and down, and you have to swing through it with a rope to reach the back mountain. Fang Lei gasped twice and said, "I also saw that stone pile, but by inference from the direction, it should be in the rear." But I didn't see Lord Feng and them. ”

Then Fang Lei explained the situation he checked in detail. Of course, he didn't know at the time that someone was in distress under the pile.

Fall into the crack!!

Fang Lei didn't have a rope and couldn't go down at that time, and after checking for a long time, he didn't get anything, so he brought people back. However, the person who left the message told him that Feng Zhongjing might have had an accident and was buried under the stone pile.

Fang Lei deduced from the location that the stone pile he saw was exactly opposite Su Jinyao and them, that is, on the other side of the stone pile.

"Brother, let's go take a look first. The others stayed here. Su Jinyao called Gu Shangqing and A Ning, and rode a horse to follow Fang Lei in the direction he had just searched.

After walking for a long time, I almost spared most of the mountain before I saw the tunnel that Fang Lei said. It can be seen that the scope of Fang Lei's search just now is really not small.

Fang Lei said: "The horse can go in, but it is a gourd shape inside, and there is a very thin section in the middle, so you can't ride a horse." I originally wondered if Lord Feng would take shelter from the rain here, so I came in to check. ”

Su Jinyao nodded and said, "Get off the horse and walk over." Light the torch and keep an eye out for what's inside. ”

Fang Lei led the way, Su Jinyao and the others followed, and the rest of the soldiers were guarding the horses of several people.

This gourd-shaped tunnel not only has a narrow waist, but also diagonally upwards. Past the narrowest part of the waist, the slope increases and the terrain steepens. No wonder Fang Lei has already reached the center of the cliff after saying it.

Su Jinyao looked at the situation and said, "Your curiosity is not small, if it were me, I would have turned back when I got here." ”

Fang Lei smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of his head. Then he said: "Actually, I think that if you really can't find any trace of Lord Feng, you can find a place for all of us to shelter from the rain if we find out here." ”

Fang Lei's idea is not bad, although it can't accommodate a few hundred people, it is finally a relatively safe and sheltered place. You can put up a temporary canopy outside, and everyone takes turns to come in and sleep.

As long as there was a dry place to sleep and dry their wet clothes, the soldiers were much less in danger of catching the cold.

Su Jinyao praised Fang Lei without hesitation, and a few people saw the exit ahead.

The exit is also diagonally upward, but there is an upper and lower platform outside, so the tunnel does not get rain because of this diagonal opening.

Fang Lei jumped out first, and then came back to Lagu Shangqing. A-Ning went out first, and then came to pull Su Jinyao.

After all four of them went out, they heard a "thump" sound overhead, and there were some small vibrations.

Su Jinyao knew that it was the sound of the stones that kept rolling down and smashed onto the platform overhead.

Looking down, it's about seven stories high. However, the surrounding mountain walls are extremely steep, and the rain constantly washes away, it is really difficult to go down without the help of ropes.

The pile of stones was on the lower left side of the platform at his feet, and the rolling stones were still falling, and the pile seemed to be a little larger.

Looking at the stone pile, Su Jinyao frowned, and suddenly felt that something was wrong again.

But that feeling was just fleeting, so Su Jinyao hadn't caught a clue at all, and she couldn't find a breakthrough.

"Jin Yao, there is really no trace of Feng Zhongjing here." Gu Shangqing looked far away and found that there was no one here except for the stone piles in the water.

Moreover, you can visually inspect the whole picture of the stone pile, and you will find that although this stone pile is large, it is impossible to bury more than 200 people and horses at once.

Su Jinyao breathed a sigh of relief,

said: "Yes, it is estimated that only some of the people who were killed should be at the back. But the stone pile blocked the way back, and there were rolling stones falling continuously, so Feng Zhongjing and the others had to quickly evacuate here. It's just that it's not yet possible to determine how many people were killed below. ”

Gu Shangqing said: "Since it's not everyone, it's better to wait." Maybe Feng Zhongjing is bringing someone over, and when he comes back, the situation will naturally be known. ”

Su Jinyao nodded and agreed. Now that the situation has finally improved, although I still can't give up saving people, I believe that through Feng Zhongjing, I can understand the situation in more detail, and the success rate of saving people will be greater.

So Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing briefly discussed it and decided to use this gourd-shaped tunnel as a temporary rest camp.

There are about 200 people in a squeezed place, so divide the people into four teams, and each team takes turns to come in and rest.

In addition to patrolling the surroundings, the other people also had to pay close attention to which way Feng Zhongjing and them came back, so as not to miss each other.

After discussing it, Gu Shangqing asked Su Jinyao and A Ning to stay here first, and he and Fang Lei went back to distribute the people and horses, and then brought them over.

Su Jinyao knew that the reason why Gu Shangqing asked her and A Ning to stay was so that it would be convenient for them to dry their clothes first. Otherwise, when the soldiers came, Su Jinyao would definitely not be too special, and it would be even more inconvenient to take off her clothes and bake the fire.

Su Jinyao did not shirk humility, so she agreed.

When Gu Shangqing and Fang Lei took people away, A Ning also immediately said: "I see that there are some dead branches at the entrance of the cave, I'll go get them and light the fire." Master, you take off your clothes first and wring them out. ”

Su Jinyao said "um" and put the torch aside, while she retreated behind a sunken rock wall, ready to undress.

But just when Su Jinyao had just unbuttoned her clothes, she felt the stone wall touched by her back tremble slightly.

At first, Su Jinyao thought that it was thundering outside, because every lightning attack was very violent, and it was a tunnel here, so it was easier to feel trembling.

But the successive tremors made Su Jinyao feel very strange, and at the same time, she also heard the sound of "rumbling" in her ears.

The voice wasn't outside, it wasn't overhead, it was really coming from behind.

What is it if not thunder? Su Jinyao's thoughts flipped in her mind, and she always felt that she had missed some clues.

When the mountain wall behind her trembled again, Su Jinyao suddenly felt that the stone wall around her and the torches in front of her were twisted for a moment.

It was as if the spatial crack had been torn open, and a huge gap suddenly collapsed behind Su Jinyao. Before Su Jinyao could jump to a safe place, she was swept into it by a whirlpool of air currents.

Siphon! This thought suddenly flashed through Su Jinyao's mind, and the person had been swept into the depths of the crack.

Su Jinyao only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and then the pain of her body being pulled by a huge force hit her.

Then the light vanished, and at first the whirlwind of the air dragged her tightly, and then she felt a gust of cold water swallow her.

Su Jinyao had the feeling that she was being swept into the sewer by a flush toilet, or that she was now spinning in a huge washing machine.

In the process of being dragged deeper by the whirlpool, Su Jinyao's body and limbs kept hitting the hard stone wall.

Finally, misfortune came, Su Jinyao's head was also hit hard, and the whole person lost consciousness.

A distance from the south to the north, he came

Just as Su Jinyao was thrown onto the stone wall by the whirlpool of groundwater and knocked unconscious, the thick dark clouds outside were torn apart by a loud cry, and a white shadow cut through the rain curtain like lightning and flew quickly.

Gu Shangqing looked up when he heard the voice, and saw a white-feathered golden eagle shaking off its wings, swooping down, and then another whirl climbed above the clouds.

In the dark clouds of thunder and lightning, the white-feathered golden eagle seemed to be a spirit leading the thunderstorm, and soon avoided the layers of power grids and rushed down again.

"That's ...... Your Highness's Golden Eagle! An attendant of the Prince's Mansion immediately recognized that this was his master's favorite pet, and said in surprise: "Wasn't this golden eagle taken to the north by His Highness?" I came back once a while ago, did I come to find the crown princess? ”

Gu Shangqing was also stunned for a moment, and then said: "The golden eagle is not a dog, it is impossible to smell Jinyao's breath, right?" Even if it's a good dog, with such a heavy rain, you can't find the smell of Jinyao. ”

The attendant said: "But this golden eagle, except for His Royal Highness and the crown princess, no one can control it." If it sends letters back and forth, it should also go to the Prince's Mansion. ”

"It won't be...... He's back? Gu Shangqing looked at the golden eagle that circled and flew away, shook his head and said, "Just ask Jinyao in a while, she seems to have a whistle with a bird." ”

After that, Gu Shangqing ordered everyone to get on the horse and go to the tunnel that Fang Lei found to shelter from the rain.

But at this moment, the mountain in front of him trembled, and the ground trembled, as if the mountain and the earth resonated.