Chapter 171: An illusory test of life and death
As soon as he came to the door of the Imperial Dining Hall, Yanyu saw that the fire was rising inside, and the smoke was rising, obviously there was a fire inside.
So, Yanyu tore off a little strip of cloth from his body, soaked it in a nearby water tank, wrung it out, put it on his mouth and nose, tore another strip and soaked it wet, took it in his hand, and rushed into the imperial dining hall.
Due to the black smoke billowing inside, the visibility was very poor, and although Meng Ling's cries for help could be heard, no human figure could be seen.
Yanyu could only grope her way forward, shouting Meng Ling's name as she walked, and shouting to tell her that she had come to save her and let her hold on for a while.
Meng Ling soon heard the sound of Yanyu, and hurriedly shouted to Yanyu in surprise, reminding her to pay attention to safety.
When Yanyu finally found the sound and came to Meng Ling's side, he found that Meng Ling was pressed under a girder, and one foot was caught in the gap of the collapsed wood, so he couldn't get out.
Fortunately, this is the kitchen, and the floor is full of vegetable leaves, and she is covering her mouth and nose with wet vegetable leaves, so she is not killed by the poisonous smoke.
Yanyu hurriedly covered Meng Ling's face with the wet strip of cloth in her hand, and then tried to push the big wood on Meng Ling's feet hard, but found that the wood did not move at all, obviously with her strength, she couldn't save Meng Ling at all.
But the problem is that there are no other people nearby, and some are other palace maids and cooks who have been killed by poisonous smoke.
The anxious smoke and rain were also sweating profusely from the surrounding fire, and for a while, I didn't know what to do.
Suddenly, she had an idea, thinking that she also had the ability to transform into a golden-crowned black-tailed frog, and after the transformation, her strength was much greater than that of ordinary people, so she hurriedly looked at the palm of her hand, wanting to transform through the birthmark pattern.
I didn't expect to look at the palm of my hand, and Yan Yu was dumbfounded!
Because that birthmark pattern is gone!
How is this possible! It stands to reason that as long as she is incarnated in human form, there will be a birthmark in the palm of her palm, but at this moment, she can't see that there have been traces of birthmarks in her palm.
Meng Ling also guessed Yanyu's thoughts when she saw Yanyu looking at the palm of her hand, so she told Yanyu that when she was just pressed by the wood before, she also thought about transforming into a golden-crowned black-tailed frog, and at that time, her body was only the size of a fist, so it was easy to escape.
But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't transform into a golden-crowned black-tailed frog, so she shouted for help.
After hearing Meng Ling say this, Yanyu understood that she would definitely not be able to change, but she couldn't understand why the birthmark pattern on her palm disappeared in this palace, which was a phenomenon she had never encountered before.
Just when Yan Yu was puzzled, Meng Ling saw that the fire in the Imperial Dining Hall was getting bigger and bigger, and several places were about to collapse, which meant that if they didn't leave, it was very likely that they would be completely buried under this large amount of collapsed wood.
Coupled with the raging fire burning on the wood, they would have been burned to death if they were not stoned to death by the wood.
Considering that Yanyu really couldn't push the wood pressing on her feet, Meng Ling thought to herself that it would be better to let her run quickly, otherwise both of them would die here in a while.
It's okay if she dies herself, maybe this is her life, and she just happened to accompany her sister Meng Yan, so there is no need to get involved in Yanyu, besides, Yanyu is still the princess of the Golden-crowned Black-tailed Frog Kingdom, and she is a golden branch and jade leaf, how can she be buried in the sea of fire because she saved her.
Thinking of this, Meng Ling hurriedly persuaded Yanyu to leave quickly, there was no need to give her life to save her, besides, Yanyu had already done her best, she understood it, and when she arrived at the Netherworld Mansion, she would explain clearly to her sister Meng Yan that it was not Yanyu who broke her promise, but that her own life was not good, no wonder anyone.
Yanyu listened to Meng Ling's words and categorically refused, she thought that as long as there was a glimmer of life, she would do her best to rescue Meng Ling.
would never just care about running for her life and watch Meng Ling die in front of her.
Meng Ling couldn't convince Yanyu, so she had to give up, and was moved to lie in Yanyu's arms and cry silently.
And Yanyu hugged Meng Ling tightly and comforted her for a few words, then stood up, looked around carefully, and was still trying to find a way to save Meng Ling.
Suddenly, she saw a shovel and a bundle of rope in the corner of the wall not far away, and beside them there was a large stove with a very large iron pot on it, which was filled with cold water that had not yet had time to boil.
So, she thought of a way, and hurriedly told Meng Ling, who was crying very sadly, to tell her to calm down, and she quickly rushed to the corner, picked up the shovel and ran back.
She then used a shovel to dig under the stove.
Her idea was that if the stove around them was dug up, the iron pot on the stove would tilt and the water inside would completely wet them and the area nearby.
Then she turned the pot over and fastened it to them, so that even if the wood on fire collapsed, it would not hurt them.
Because this iron pot is large and deep, it is hard at first glance, and it is by no means broken by wood.
So it was a gamble that as long as they weren't hurt by the wood, and the water in the iron pot was completely dousing them, even the wood around them would be completely soaked, and even if there were flames around them, it would be difficult to burn to them, and maybe they would be able to escape this catastrophe.
With this idea, Yanyu dug the stove like crazy, just to make the iron pot completely turn over and buckle on them before the wooden beams on it collapsed.
As she was digging, the wooden beams above their heads had been burned and were about to break, threatening to collapse at any moment.
Seeing that Meng Ling was also anxious, she once again asked Yanyu to leave quickly and leave her alone, but Yanyu still dug hard in her own way.
It seems that even when the sky falls, she will continue to dig.
Digging, digging, "Boom! Whoa! With a bang, the iron pot collapsed towards the side of the two of them, and all of a sudden, the water in the pot washed on them, and even the other pieces of wood around them and the ground were all soaked.
At this moment, the wooden beam above their heads had made a cracking sound, and it was obviously about to collapse.
At this critical moment, Yanyu calmly rushed to the stove, tied the iron pot with a rope away from a handle in the direction of the two of them, and then returned to Meng Ling, and the two of them pulled up together.
I saw that the iron pot stood up little by little, because this iron pot is very large and deep, even if two people lie in it, it is more than enough, so it is also very heavy.
However, at this moment of life and death, Yanyu and Meng Ling also played at a super level, almost using all their strength, and actually pulled the iron pot up.
When the iron pot finally stood up completely, it slammed down in the direction where they were.
Yanyu hurriedly protected Meng Ling in his arms, curled up in a ball, and shrunk his head low to ensure that the two of them were completely detained under the iron pot.
"Boom!"
There was a loud bang, and the iron pot happened to buckle on them, because there were other wood around them, so part of the iron pot was on the wood, and it did not completely lock them to the ground.
In this way, it was just right, which not only protected the two of them, but also prevented them from suffocating them under the iron pot.
Immediately afterwards, Yanyu and the others heard a crash on the iron pot, obviously the beam above collapsed, and they couldn't help but be afraid for a while, thinking that without the resistance of the iron pot, they would have lost their fragrance at this moment.
In this way, the two of them hugged each other and hid under the iron pot, waiting for someone to come to save them, because the iron pot was too heavy, and they could not get out without the help of someone outside.
However, in a short time, they knew that no one should come, after all, there was a bloody battle outside, and only after one side defeated the other would someone come to their rescue.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the people of the Li royal family won, so the people they may be waiting for are not the ones who saved them, but killed them.
Everything, for the two of them, can only be resigned to fate.
So, the next thing is to wait patiently.
It's just that one thing is certain, that is, they finally saved their lives temporarily.
I don't know how long it took, both Yanyu and Meng Ling felt a little sleepy, and just when Yanyu forced herself not to fall asleep, she was surprised to find that Meng Ling in her arms actually turned into pieces and disappeared.
Immediately after that, the surrounding area also turned into fragments and disappeared.
She suddenly reacted, could it be that all this was not real, but just an illusory dream like the previous palace maid assessment?
Could it be that the blonde woman is testing them again?
With these questions, she lost consciousness in a daze.
When Yanyu regained consciousness again, he found himself standing in the imperial garden, and there were many palace maids standing around him, but they all looked like they had just woken up.
They all looked around in surprise, some were surprised, some were surprised, some were very happy, and even many palace maids couldn't help crying, and excitedly said to themselves: "It turns out that I am not dead!" ”
Yanyu glanced at them, these palace maids were the first hundred palace maids who had come to the imperial garden with her before, and the blonde woman was still standing in front of them with a blank face, as if nothing had happened.
After listening to the chats between other palace maids, Yanyu knew that everyone had experienced a palace crisis, and they were all desperately avoiding the pursuit of the Li royal family in their dreams.
It's just that the other palace maids were killed in their dreams, or burned to death, or stoned to death by collapsed houses, or even buried alive under the rubble and suffocated.
It seems that except for the moment when Yanyu lived to the end of the dream, the other palace maids actually died!
It's just that Yanyu never spoke, so the other palace maids didn't know that Yanyu didn't die in the dream.
Just when Yanyu and these palace maids didn't know what was going on, the blonde woman said calmly and loudly again:
"Actually, when I summoned everyone to the Imperial Garden, I announced that the so-called rules of the game to find gold coins were a lie. And the real rule of the game is that I will send you back to a dream, and in the dream, I will put you through a palace crisis, and it will be an extremely dangerous crisis. It is to test the courage and wisdom you have shown in the face of such a huge life and death. Then there is a time limit of three hours, and whoever can live the longest in these three hours is the first place, and so on.
"In other words, the moment I announced the start of the game, I had already quietly sent you into a dream. As for the time when the royal guard came to tell me that the Li royal family had entered the palace, you were already in a dream. I don't want you to notice that I'm testing you, and to make you feel like you're in a life-or-death crisis. Only in this way can you see the true performance and mentality of you facing life and death.
"Originally, it was impossible for you to survive these three hours, because I deliberately arranged a large number of soldiers of the Li royal family in the dream realm, and gave them the task of hunting you all down to death. So I know you're all going to die, it's just a matter of who has the right mind, is good at avoiding and protecting yourself, and lives as long as you can. However, to my surprise, there was a palace maid among you, who not only did not flee the palace, but also went to save people, and in the end not only saved others, but also allowed himself to live until the end of the three hours. Therefore, the first place in this test is Meng Yan, the palace maid No. 1 who is also the first in the palace maid assessment! ”
When the blonde woman said this, all the palace maids looked at Yanyu with envy, and Yanyu suddenly reacted that she was using Meng Yan's identity to participate in the palace maid assessment, so the other palace maids didn't know that she was actually Yanyu's secret......