But when I was about to reach the exit, I suddenly went underground, and I don't know where it went. The valley (yīn) is cold, so you can't wade through the water, otherwise you will freeze if you go there. As a result, the road that can be passed is actually much narrower. ”

As she spoke, the sound of the water was louder, and Su Jinyao had already seen a white practice rushing in front of her, but it had suddenly disappeared before she got closer. It must have flowed into an underground river.

When they came to the end where the water disappeared, Su Jinyao looked at the water flow that seemed to be the top of the waterfall under her feet in surprise, and couldn't help but gasp.

There is no abyss to be seen underfoot, but when the water arrives, it is as if it has been poured into a bottomless hole. Presumably, if you look from underground, it is a column of water pouring down, which is more spectacular than a waterfall.

However, the area around the groundwater is surrounded by large boulders, which is supposed to prevent people from falling into it when they pass by. Of course, if anyone has the intention to kill themselves, then just jump in.

When you get here, the moisture in the air is even more humid, making it feel bone-chilling. Fortunately, there is a warm fox fur wrapped in (shēn) and the hood is also worn, otherwise the water vapor will condense on (shēn), and the clothes will be even colder if they get slightly wet.

The second prince also wore a sable fur, but he did not wear a hood, so his hair was wet with moisture, and a strand of wet hair hung down between his forehead, which made him look even more handsome.

Su Jinyao suddenly found that the second prince also looked pleasing to the eye. He is a bit like a handsome ancient Greek gladiator, with a toned and burly (shēn) shape and delicate facial features, which is really eye-catching.

But Su Jinyao also found that the faces of the second prince and Yu Guiren were a little imaginary, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows carried his mother's charm. But whether it is the outline of the facial features or the shape of the face, there is no half-resemblance to the half-brother Gu Xuebin.

Su Jinyao couldn't help but joke casually: "I found that you and Che are not like each other at all." Both the facial features and the (shēn) shape are different. He is also tall, but thin and handsome, with a large skeleton but not much (ròu), and his facial features are more subdued. Your (shēn) form is very similar to these Qingfan warriors, with a large head, a large skeleton, and tangled muscles (ròu); And your deep and three-dimensional facial features, are they all inherited from your grandmother? ”

Originally, it was just gossip and homely chatter, but after hearing Su Jinyao's words, the second prince suddenly fell silent. The footsteps are also bigger, and it seems to be one with the (yīn) in this mountain stream all of a sudden. It's as if he should be a melancholy person in such an atmosphere.

Su Jinyao was stunned, and didn't feel that what she said was wrong. Suo (xìng) didn't bother to get in touch with him, so he and Ah Ye were slightly half a step behind and walked behind the second prince.

The second prince didn't speak again along the way, and the temperature in the mountain stream seemed to be lower. The stones under your feet are also blue-black, and many of them are covered with dark green moss, which is slippery to step on.

At this time, the second prince's footsteps slowed down, and it could be seen that he was deliberately waiting for Su Jinyao, afraid that something would happen to her.

Su Jinyao stepped forward and said softly, "I'm sorry, I forgot about your grandmother and the Feng family back then. ”

Su Jinyao originally thought that it was a shame that the princess of Qingfan was not married in the end, so the second prince didn't want to mention it.

But unexpectedly, the second prince shook his head and said, "After my grandmother gave birth to my mother, it is said that she was blessed by the high priest of the clan. said that my mother concubine would be the swallow of Qingfan and become the glory of Qingfan. Therefore, the king at that time was very fond of my mother and my grandmother. So she doesn't have the tragic fate of losing her virginity in the boudoir, as you Han women call it. ”

After a pause, the second prince explained: "In Qingfan, the blue mandala is the totemic flower, and the swallow is the totemic bird. The swallow is the holy bird of Qingfan, and it has the highest status. Therefore, she was known as the mother of Qingfan Zhiyan back then, and she was also the most favored one among many princesses. ”

Su Jinyao smiled after hearing this, and said, "Then your mother's childhood must be quite happy." ”

Since she is the most favored princess in the clan, of course she will grow up in the palm of her hand. And for Su Jinyao, a child who grew up in an orphanage since she was a child, the dean's mother is all she has.

The second prince nodded and said, "It should be." It's just a pity that I didn't really experience it. ”

Su Jinyao didn't expect the second prince to have a sense of humor, and said with a smile: "Poof, you didn't know where you were at that time." Su Jinyao smiled, and the atmosphere was much better. But she vaguely felt that something seemed wrong with the second prince, perhaps it was related to her mentioning the events of the year (qíng).

As we go deeper, the temperature gets colder and colder. Even the river not far below slowed down, as if it was about to freeze.

The second prince looked up at the sunlight above his head that couldn't shine at all, and said, "We're going to speed up, it's about to be noon." As soon as the sun receives, it's bone-chilling here. ”

Going to be a little colder? It can't be sub-freezing. Now Su Jinyao has seen the magic of this mountain stream, but she is really a little cold and can't stand it.

But counting the hours, they should have only been more than halfway there. That is, there is still a long way to go.

I quickened my pace, and it slowly became less cold on (shēn), but it was already numb below the calf.

That's because the temperature is lower the further down the ground, and the splash of the river has already wet the boots of both of them, Su Jinyao feels that her toes are unconscious.

After walking for a while, Su Jinyao suddenly realized that something was wrong. If it's just because of the cold that you don't feel in your toes, then frostbite should be painful at first, and then numb to the point of no feeling. But now I don't feel the pain and I don't feel it, so it's not normal.

After all, the temperature has not yet reached the level of rapid freezing, and frostbite is slow, so there must be a feeling of pain at first.

Su Jinyao turned her head and asked the second prince on the side, "Cang Qianmi, do you feel numb in your toes?" ”

"Hmm." The second prince nodded and said, "(qíng) The situation seems to be wrong, because after walking here before, even if it is colder, it will not lose consciousness, but it will hurt like a frozen knife." ”

"Yes, the pain is right. But it is obviously not right to be paralyzed directly. Quick, take your boots off. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she bent down to take off her boots.

The second prince hurriedly took her hand and said, "No, the temperature is so low now, if you take off your boots and let go of the only temperature, it will be even colder if you put them on again." ”

"Take it off, it's not a matter of cold now, it's my suspicion of poisoning. Something must be wrong with our boots. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she couldn't say that she had pulled out a boot.

As soon as the boots were taken off, Su Jinyao felt that the cold air was drilling straight into the center of her feet, but her toes, which were already numb, suddenly felt the biting cold and hurt like a knife.

Su Jinyao went to pull her socks again, but when she took off the socks, she saw that her five toes began to turn blue and gray. It is not the red or white color of frostbite, but the blue-gray color of poisoning.

But perhaps due to the low temperature, the blood circulation is very slow, so it has not yet reached the blue-black color, which may also be the benefit of low temperature.

The second prince also saw Su Jinyao's abnormal toes, was startled, and hurriedly squatted down to take a look, and said, "Jinyao, are you poisoned?" ”

"It's not just me, you can take it off and take a look." Su Jinyao was indeed taken aback, but she was still able to keep her composure. Therefore, while reminding the second prince to take off his boots and insist, he also took off the boots and socks on the other foot.

Su Jinyao's other foot (qíng) is in slightly better condition, although the toes are also poisoned and discolored, only four toes are discolored, and one small toe is still normal.

Because of the normal color contrast, the other poisoned toes are more defined.

The second prince did not immediately take off his boots, but pulled out a dagger and cut off two large pieces of mink from the hem of his mink robe, handed it to Su Jinyao and said, "Jinyao, quickly, wrap your feet first." Otherwise, you'll get frostbitten. ”

"Thank you." Su Jinyao hurriedly took it and wrapped her feet first. With the protection of mink, and no longer wearing boots, Su Jinyao's feet regained a little sense, and she began to feel pain.

Su Jinyaosuo (xìng) sat down, pulled the soles of her feet and held on carefully, and saw that each of her discolored toes had a wound as big as a tiny pinhole. It's so small, if you don't look closely, you can't find it at all. But now it seems that the problem lies in these small wounds.

At this time, the second prince also took off his shoes and socks. His condition was worse than Su Jinyao's, his ten toes had turned blue-black, and the poisoned color had begun to spread to the soles of his feet.

"What's going on?" The second prince also sat down, looking at his two feet that had begun to turn black, obviously a little confused.

"Check the boots." Su Jinyao thought about it and immediately picked up her boots, but at the same time warned: "Be careful, don't reach in, cut the upper of the shoe directly with a knife." ”

The second prince did so and used a dagger to cut his and Su Jinyao's two pairs of boots.

At first, Su Jinyao didn't find anything special, and pinched the leather and soles of the boots with her hands to see if there were any poisonous needles hidden.

But upon closer inspection, she didn't find any poisonous needles or anything like that. Not only was there no poisonous needle, but no poisonous powder or anything was found.

Could it be that I am thinking wrong? Poison was placed elsewhere? Or is there something wrong with the river?

But Su Jinyao checked the toes of the second prince again, and found that he also had a wound as big as a small pinhole on his toe, so he decided that it was caused by some poisonous insect sting.

Just thinking about it, the Divine Gu King hidden in Su Jinyao's hair crawled out. Because it was really cold here, the Divine Gu King hid in Su Jinyao's hair, because the top of the person's head was scattered (rè) very quickly, and Su Jinyao was wearing a hood, this location was an excellent place to escape the cold.

After the Divine Gu King crawled out, it stopped on Su Jinyao's shoulder, shaking its wings and feeling a little lazy, obviously it was also not suitable for such a cold environment.

But then it flapped its wings violently, made a "buzz" sound, and rushed down from Su Jinyao's shoulder, only to rush to a nearby stone before stopping.

Su Jinyao moved over to look curiously, and then suddenly called out in surprise: "It's a poisonous ant." ”

The second prince also came over, and saw more than a dozen tiny ants crawling on the stone, each of which was more than a generation younger than ordinary ants, all of them were black, and the tiny ones seemed to be a number of small black dots. But the stone here is also blue-black, and it is almost unrecognizable without looking closely.

When the second prince saw this poisonous ant, he took a breath and said, "Jin Yao, this is not an ordinary poisonous ant, it is a Gu ant that has been raised by people. ”

Su Jinyao said: "That's right, it should be that when we took off our boots, they climbed out and crawled here." No wonder we couldn't find anything just now. ”

"Someone put it in our boots on purpose." The second prince affirmed. The second prince was sure that someone had put this little black ant in the boots of the two of them, so he said: "Gu ants can't live on the ground for a long time, they generally live in soil holes, eating underground earthworms or eggs of other insects. They don't crawl out on their own at all, and even if they do, they won't live long. And our boots are just like the hole in the ground, and they have a temperature, so they must have been designed. ”

Su Jinyao took back the Divine Gu King who had devoured these Gu ants and said, "Then do you think the other party is targeting you, or me?" ”

"It's going to be against me." After the second prince finished speaking, a scorpion crawled out of his collar, climbed all the way to his feet, bit his thumbs on each side, and then crawled back again.

Su Jinyao's Divine Gu King did the same, this was the Divine Gu King's method of fighting poison with poison. The poison (xìng) of this Gu ant is not strong, so it can be detoxified quickly.

But Su Jinyao and the second prince now have no boots, so they have to cut off two more mink skins and wrap them on their feet to temporarily serve as boots.

After some delay, the temperature in the mountain stream was lower. Su Jinyao already felt the cold like a knife blade to the bone.

"Hmph, this plan is really vicious." The second prince pulled Su Jinyao and strode forward, and said, "Jinyao, if you hadn't discovered the suspicion, we would have been paralyzed and unable to walk at this time." It is estimated that he will fall here and freeze to death. ”

Su Jinyao could only speed up her pace, let the (shēn) body move to ward off the cold, and asked at the same time, "How can you be sure that it is aimed at you?" Do you have a precise goal? ”

"The royal family competes for the throne, and the royal family competes for the prince. And the difference between the royal family is that many collateral families who are not relatives can also compete for the throne. Basically, the king of Qingfan is the most capable person of the same clan to be the king. After the second prince finished speaking, he sneered and said, "Therefore, there are a lot of miscellaneous fish." ”

"Trash fish? Do you think you're a real dragon? Su Jinyao stomped her feet and said, "How far is it?" We've got to figure out something. If we keep doing this, we're afraid we won't be able to last long. ”

"There's a way." After the second prince finished speaking, he suddenly bent down and hugged Su Jinyao, and said, "I am stronger than you, my physical strength is better, and my internal strength is also strong." I'm strong enough to get outside. But if you mind if I carry you away, we'll just have to freeze here slowly. ”

Su Jinyao pursed her lips and didn't say anything, but she didn't struggle.

The second prince is right, Su Jinyao is always (shēn) flexible, but she doesn't take it lightly. At best, he has good physical strength and walks fast.

But even if her speed can surpass that of Olympic race walkers, and even surpass long-distance runners, she is still too much worse than people who really have internal strength and can do light work.

What's more, putting aside internal force and light work, the second prince's (shēn) has long legs, and one step is worth her almost two steps. If it weren't for the accommodation of the second prince, he would have thrown himself away from the distance.

Therefore, the second prince wants to carry her out, which is the fastest and most labor-saving way at present.

Seeing that Su Jinyao was not struggling, the second prince breathed a sigh of relief and smiled quietly. Then he pulled open his robe, wrapped Su Jinyao's (shēn) in it, and said, "It's warmer this way, don't move." ”

Su Jinyao's face turned red all of a sudden. She didn't mind leaving here in the quickest and safest way, but she was very uncomfortable with the feeling of being cared for in the arms of the second prince.

In particular, the amount of (rè) on his (shēn) and his strong masculine atmosphere made Su Jinyao feel even more stuffy.

"Cang Qianmi, you better let me go. I don't feel breathable and stuffy wrapped in this way. Su Jinyao deliberately raised her head so that the second prince could see her now flushed face.

Cang Qianmiao glanced down and felt that Su Jinyao was really duplicitous. It's obviously a shy blush, but it's said to be (rè).

But he didn't insist and reluctantly, since Su Jinyao was unwilling, forget it. It's actually good to be able to hold her like this.

Therefore, the second prince released Su Jinyao from her robe again, and easily hugged her and strode forward.

But after walking not far, Su Jinyao sneezed twice in a row, and the snot was about to flow out, so she sucked hard before pumping it back. That embarrassed appearance is getting more and more alike. The second prince smiled "haha" and said, "Aren't you still saying it's cold?" Do you want me to lend you my sleeve to wipe your nose? ”

"Don't. I'm fine. Su Jinyao rubbed her nose by herself, feeling as if it was colder than when she left.

Think about it, too, if you walk on your own, 全 (shēn) will move up and speed up blood circulation, and of course you will feel warmer. Now he doesn't have to move when he is held by the second prince, and he walks fast, and the cold wind continues to blow, as if he is riding a motorcycle in winter.

The temperature continued to drop, and Su Jinyao's brain was about to cramp. Fortunately, when she was finally about to take it back, a warm feeling suddenly blew in front of her.

Su Jinyao hurriedly looked forward and saw that the exit was about 100 meters ahead.

"Ahh Ahh Su Jinyao sneezed out again, and the snot flowed down like a little caterpillar again. Su Jinyao felt embarrassed in her heart, don't mention it.

Fortunately, the exit is right in front of you, and it can be regarded as a thrill. Walking out of the mountain stream, two Qingfan soldiers ran over to take Su Jinyao from the second prince.