"Look what this is"? Zhi Ning's pretended innocent voice echoed in the cave. The voice was so playful...... Hateful.

"Damn, it turns out that you sneaked up on me fake, and you want the antidote in my arms to be true. I lost in the hands of a little girl, okay, Lao Tzu confessed, leave the antidote to me and you can get out. Shi Lu was already panting at this time, and he said with hatred in his mouth.

"Master Shi, Master Shi, you are shrewd in your calculations, now all over the island is guarded by Ming soldiers, if I go out at this moment, let alone want to leave from this island, I will go out to find some food, I am afraid that once I find that I am surrounded, I will be unable to escape, I am afraid that the musket of the Ming army is not as bright as your master's eyes."

"And what do you want?" Shi Lu said angrily.

"I don't want to do anything, I just want to live well in this troubled world to avenge my relatives, as for your master, for your little life, I have wronged you to keep vigil for me at the entrance of the cave from tonight. You can be vigilant, don't fall asleep and be touched by the Ming army. Zhi Ning said lightly to Shilu, even she didn't feel it, and the tone in which she spoke at this moment had never been.

In the darkness, Shi Lu's eyes rolled, and he snorted and didn't answer. Just because you want to blackmail me?

It was not good to sleep this night, not only to prevent Shi Lu from sneaking over, but also to keep thinking of Shen Shiyi's appearance before he died. Zhining, who finally gave up rest, spent the night meditating.

Soon after dawn on the second day, the unrelenting Ming army came to search carefully, and sure enough, they found another water prison in other remote cells, and a group of people with chains on the ground were rescued again.

On the third day, many prisoners who claimed to have fled after hearing the artillery fire were found in the forest, but several men who could not speak the official language of the Central Plains were executed on the spot by the Ming army on charges of espionage.

Day 4......

The chickens and dogs on the island have been restless for several days, but it has saved a lot of trouble for Zhining, and it is said that the most dangerous place is the safest.

It was not until the third day of the fifth month that a cannon rang out that shook the whole island. The Ming army, which had been searching and pacifying for nearly half a month, finally returned to Beijing with the rescued families, prisoners and rebel leaders leaving the island.

In addition to the remaining more than 20 soldiers stationed on the island, all that remained was a ruined wall.

And at this time on the island inside the earthen house. With a few clicks, a small slit was slowly pushed open on the floor of the house, and a pair of eyes peeked around the room through the hole, and the owner of the eyes turned over and jumped up after confirming that there was no one. This man is the teacher who has been hiding in the cave for several days.

"Miss Shen, the Ming army has all withdrawn, and there is no one outside the house, you can rest assured that you can come up." Shi Lu smiled dryly and shouted at Dong **. After a few days, his name for Zhining has completely changed.

There was an unhurried voice from the cave: "Master boy, I just said that you go outside the house to investigate first, and then I will go up, and you remember to go to the bamboo forest to find some bamboo shoots and come back." I don't have much food here, just enough for me to eat. ”

"Hey, little girl, I'm not your slave, I have to take the risk of looking for food, you and I will go out together, I won't go to find food for you alone, who else will allow you to call me that?"

"Whatever you want, if you can't find it, I'll be able to eat it myself for a few days, but if you can find some supplies, maybe I'll be able to give you half an extra pill of antidote when I'm happy. Division, you might as well do it yourself. An unhurried voice came from the cave again, and the arrogant tone made Shi Lu's teeth itch. Before he could refute again, the tone of the order in the cave came again: "Oh, yes, there is not much clear water in the cave, if you bother to get some water and come back, remember to close the entrance to the cave when you go out, you don't want me to be discovered by the Ming army." The lazy voice came again.

"Grandma's, little girl, you wait for me." There was an angry shout, and the entrance to the cave was slammed shut.

At this time, only Zhi Ning was left, although he didn't know if Shi Lu had left, but Zhi Ning had clearly seen in the gap that Shi Lu had at least slipped out of the house.

Should I just go out here, or should I wait a few more days? There is not much ant pill left in this bottle, fortunately Mu Shan arranged it in advance, half of the round one in this antidote bottle is the antidote, and the slightly raised one is the remaining ant pill poison. In this cycle, the poisoned person cannot distinguish the subtle changes between the poison and the antidote, and only thinks that the drug needs to be taken for 21 consecutive days before it can be released.

But at the same time, Zhi Ning also knew in his heart that the last time he succeeded in his sneak attack, it was just because the Ming army was not far away, and Shilu did not dare to force him, and Shilu was in ecstasy after obtaining the antidote, and his vigilance was greatly reduced. In the past half a month, most of the injuries suffered by Shi Lu in the water prison have been healed. If he didn't have the control of this ant pill at this moment, he wouldn't be Shilu's opponent at all. If he had a fight with him one day, he would be arrogant and simply refuse to take the antidote. At that time, it will be found that there is a problem with the antidote. With his temperament, he must be angry and angry, and then kill the killer. It's a pity that this ant pill can only be used to control others, and its poison configuration is not enough to kill people. I don't know where Lan Yi and the others are now, can they really abandon the territory that they have worked hard for several years? The twenty-one days are approaching, and I can't hold on anymore. Zhi Ning is weighing between the left and right. Outside the house, Shi Lu's voice suddenly rose again: "Little girl, according to this, there is a bamboo forest not far from the house, if you want to take the opportunity to escape, you hope not to be seen by me." ”

Sure enough, this Si didn't go far, just now he was still observing the house in the dark. At first, he only thought that he would guard the entrance of the cave and occupy the terrain in the cave to balance him, but now he is trapped in the cave, and it may not be easy to escape.

As noon approached, the sun filled the entire island, and Shi Lu dragged a few bamboo shoots and a few bamboo tubes of water back to the earthen house. He no longer went into the ground, but only lay down on the bed with a big grin, opened the clear water and poured a few mouthfuls into his mouth, and said leisurely: "Little girl, come up, I have explored that there are no garrisons around, I also found the food you want, come up and eat together?" ”

"No need, I have meat and cakes in the hole, you just dug a few slightly fresher bamboo shoots, compared to the sauce meat, it is better to come down and we exchange some, it tastes good, oh I almost forgot that Master Shi has been gnawing on the cooking cakes for half a month, I'm afraid I have forgotten the taste of meat." Zhining's slow voice came from the cave.

"Forget it, don't think that you can threaten Lord Ben with the antidote, I don't want to suffer a strangulation pain, then you yourself are thirsty below, I will only eat less above, we will compare to see who can't resist first." Shi Lu had found food, and suddenly changed his previous attitude and said.

The two remained at a stalemate until the afternoon.

"Shilu, even if you are ruthless, since you insist on this, then what do you think if I take a pill and exchange it for a bottle of water for you?"

"A grain? I'll be able to discuss a thing or two with you. Shi Lu said slyly.

"Hmph, Shilu, you don't seem to understand yet, this bottle of more than 20 antidote pills is in my hands, if you poison it, I can't ask for it, you still want to bargain with me? Well, when it was close to unitary at this moment, I changed my mind, and you are now exchanging two bamboo tubes of water for one pill. Anyway, I save enough water here to drink for a day, and I'd like to see if you can last a day. ”

"Grandma, don't go too far, just follow you as a pill and a bottle of water, otherwise you will be scattered in two."

There was silence in the cave for a moment, as if to weigh whether such a method of drinking water to quench thirst was worth it.

After thinking about half the incense, Zhining's voice in the cave came again: "Okay, you throw down a tube of water and I'll throw you a pill, let's swap it?" ”

"Okay, that's it." Shi Lu's reluctant voice came, but he took out two bamboo tubes of water from his arms, and his eyes were full of pride. This is something that Zhining can't see in the cave.

The process of throwing and changing was finally completed in the grinding and grinding of the teacher's law, and Zhining, who had been thirsty for several days and did not dare to drink water, took a big gulp after receiving the water. The sound of grunting swallows filled the hole.

At this time, it was already dark outside the cave, and Shi Lu's shining eyes were full of smiles in the dark night.

After a few breaths, I only heard a bang in the cave, the dust was flying, and the figure standing up to Zhi Ning fell to the ground, and the kettle also fell to the ground along the weakly hanging arm. Shi Lu, who seemed to have anticipated the result on the ground, immediately bent down and prepared to climb in the direction of Zhining.

"The little girl is finally better than me."