Chapter 33 Encounter with a swamp on the way
Squatting behind the dense bushes, Scarlet felt a burst of swelling pain in her lower abdomen, looked up and sighed, thinking of the way she covered her stomach before, she solved it with a helpless face, put on her dirty pants, and then walked out from behind the bushes tremblingly.
glanced at Mu Hehuo, who was smiling and smiling in pain, and then looked at Wei Chimu with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the scarlet smoke suddenly became angry. She stamped her foot hatefully, and she walked straight forward without looking back.
Wei Chi Mu couldn't help but feel a little funny when he saw that someone seemed to be provoked. The Biluo fruit that Scarlet Smoke ate was accidentally discovered when he went to look for wild fruits. This fruit is green and sweet and sour, he was fortunate to taste it during the war in southern Xinjiang before, and heard that this fruit can help clean up the stale dirt accumulated in the body, and he didn't want to have this kind of Biluo fruit here, so he picked it back. Originally, he was going to talk to Scarlet Smoke, but he didn't expect Huo and Mu to let her eat it by mistake, and she ate so much at once, and it was an accident that she had a stomachache, but it also made him really amused.
Hearing that there was still a faint laughter behind him, Scarlet Smoke became angry, and suddenly turned around and stared at the fire that quickly suppressed the laughter, "Laugh and laugh!" Laugh to death! Glancing at Wei Chimu on the side, although there was no smile on his face, there was a little starlight in his eyes, and he was obviously in a good mood. Looking back again, a smile floated out of his lips as if he couldn't help it, and he couldn't help frowning, and he was about to speak, but was interrupted by Yu Chi Muliang's cool voice.
"That's enough." Yu Chimu glanced at the two of them, "That Biluo fruit is good and harmless to the body, don't worry about it." After laughing for so long, laughing again will make you eat all the biluo fruits. A bowl of water calmed down the anger in Scarlet Yan's heart, and after a white glance, he snorted and continued to walk forward.
After Wei Chimu's reprimand, Huo and Mu finally restrained their smiles. Immediately, the four of them followed the traces left by the beast as originally planned, all the way to the northwest, and everywhere they looked was a mess. After the great migration of the beasts, and then the ant colonies slaughtered by, some of the bushes were trampled flat, the branches and leaves were scattered and fragmented, and some of the tall trees were scarred from the trunks of the trees, and the green sap flowed down the cracked bark. Seeing this, the four of them couldn't help but be a little glad that they climbed the tree for the first time, otherwise it was really hard to say whether they would survive or not.
Huo Hemu walked in front to explore the way, and Scarlet Smoke walked beside Yu Chimu, and the man followed her steps and slowed down his pace a lot, faintly having a feeling of protecting Scarlet Smoke in front of him. Scarlet looked at his soft side face, and for a moment there was a feeling that they were very intimate, although there was still a little rejection in her heart, but she was inexplicably a little dependent on being protected by him like this, probably because she ate the Biluo fruit and ate herself stupidly?
Yu Chi Mu didn't know what was going on in his mind with the scarlet smoke beside him, he saw that the woman's expression was not too good, and he didn't make a sound, so he walked slowly, and in a trance he felt that they seemed to be able to go on like this forever. But instead he smiled self-deprecatingly, not to mention that he was the king of Xinling in the south, and the obsession with revenge of Scarlet Smoke was so deep, I was afraid that he would not be willing.
At this moment, suddenly Huo walked quickly to the two people with their own hearts and minds, and said loudly, "Lord Wang! Princess! Oh no, you guys save the wood! ”
The eager voice of the fire made the two of them stunned, and they looked at each other almost at the same time, seeing the same shock and sorrow in their eyes, Wei Chimu wrapped his long arms, took the scarlet smoke into his arms, and then tiptoed a little, soared into the air, and swept forward. Finding that the further he went, the more humid the air became, and the soil under his feet also brought a little suction, and Yu Chimu's heart sank. He seems to have seen such a scene in southern Xinjiang, and it is really important for people to be concerned about the fact that they will appear here.
The scarlet smoke wrapped around Wei Chimu's neck, and he couldn't help frowning, the air here is too humid, according to common sense, the farther north, the colder it is, and the drier the air, obviously everything in this mountain range can't be considered according to common sense. Scarlet Smoke realized the abnormality of the land, and his heart sank to the bottom.
When they finally saw Wood, they saw that he had fallen into a piece of wet mud, which seemed to have a strong suction, and by this time it had already reached Wood's thighs, and the more he struggled, the stronger the suction in the mud became. Scarlet Smoke said secretly, sure enough. She had heard her master mention that the strange state of the land was called a swamp, which was caused by the accumulation of too much moisture in the air and soil, and too much silt. She realized when she noticed that her surroundings were not right, but she was still shocked when she saw it with her own eyes.
Yu Chimu was obviously also expected, looking at the earth-colored fire, he said coldly, "Why are you stunned, why don't you hurry up and save people?" ”
Being scolded by his master like this, Huo also quickly came back to his senses and said in a deep voice, "I tried to pull him up, but compared to the suction of the quagmire, my strength is still too small." Also, the ground here is too wet to make it work. ”
Hearing this, Scarlet Smoke thought for a long time, raised his eyes and said, "Then you can't just sit still, judging from the speed at which the wood is falling, it won't take half an hour, and this mud will pass through his mouth and nose, and finally lead to suffocation." ”
"Lord, princess, don't worry about me, I'm careless." Mu looked at the three of them with a complicated face, and pulled out a reluctant smile, "It's just that my father is going to ask the prince." Saying this is like explaining what is going on.
Yu Chimu glanced at him coldly, "This king will not take care of your father for you." What's more, the king's people can only die on the battlefield or at the hands of the king, it's just a quagmire, so give up?"
Mu smiled bitterly, but there was obviously a little hope in his eyes, the prince did not allow him to give up like this, then he must not easily bow to this small quagmire, after all, he is the personal guard of King Xinling!
Walking around the quagmire where the wood fell in, Scarlet Smoke squatted down, the jade fingers stuck a little mud, rubbed it on the fingertips, there seemed to be some particles in the mud, crushed it a little harder, the mud formed a cake, Scarlet Smoke placed it under the tip of her nose, sniffed gently, a smell of dirt mixed with a little fishy smell rushed straight into her nose, she frowned, this quagmire seems to have just formed, so some substances are not well mixed with this mud, and then smell this fishy smell, No beast has ever fallen into it or died in this quagmire. This means that they still have a chance to save the wood.
"How?" Wei Chi Mu saw that Scarlet Yan's expression relaxed slightly, and asked out loud, "I see that the location of this quagmire here is a little strange, maybe there is still a chance?" ”
Scarlet Smoke looked over and nodded slightly, "This quagmire has not been around for long, and if I'm not mistaken, no beasts have died here, so you can give it a try." ”
Hearing this, Yu Chi Mu walked to her side, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, stuffed it into her hand, and then the long sword on his side was unsheathed, he stretched it into the mire, and with a strong arm, the long sword slashed an astonishing arc from the quagmire to mid-air, and he looked at the mud-stained sword blade with a cool gaze, and snorted lightly, "This kind of suction is indeed not enough to kill people." Take out the rope with the fire, and with the king pull out the wood. ”
Hearing the masters say this, the previous frustration on Huo's face was suddenly swept away, and after receiving the Dao command, he immediately knotted the rope he had used before into a loop, and threw the rope loop around his arm, which happened to fall on Mu's body, and with a little effort, the knot tightened. Yu Chimu walked to the fire, spared the rope twice on the palm of his hand, and immediately used force to tighten the rope.
Seeing that the two of them were ready, Scarlet Smoke motioned for them to wait a moment, took out a celadon bottle from his sleeve, removed the cork, dripped a cyan liquid into the mire, and nodded at them.
"Mu, bear with me, the prince and I will rescue you immediately!" The fire received the signal from his master, and while exerting his strength, he said word by word.
The rope moved towards them at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Wood's body was pulled forward slightly, but it did peek out of the mire. Seeing that this move worked, Huo and Wei Chi Mu used all the strength of their bodies. Finally, when the wood came out of the quagmire and the whole person pounced, Scarlet Smoke breathed a sigh of relief. For the rest of his life, Mu leaned against the tree on the side, and was about to thank his master, but was stopped by a look from him.
Wei Chimu didn't know much about Mu's temperament, and ordered the fire to take care of Mu, so he walked to Scarlet Smoke's side and asked, "Thank you." ”
Hearing this, she was stunned, she didn't contribute, what did Wei Chi thank her? But as his eyes looked at his sleeve, Scarlet finally came to his senses, and what he cared about was the contents of the celadon vase in his hand. He generously took out the bottle, handed it to the man's eyes, shrugged his shoulders and pretended to be relaxed, "This is also my own refining, it's not a poison, it's just something that can dilute the liquid." I was thinking about whether to bring it before I went out, but I didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly. ”
Took the celadon bottle with a hint of warmth in his hand, Yu Chimu played with it, but he didn't mean to open the cork, in the suspicious gaze of Scarlet Yan, he put the bottle back into her hand, raised his eyebrows and said, "This celadon bottle is good, this king knows that there is a kiln factory in the north, which produces a kind of purple sand porcelain, which is quite good in terms of feel and storage, and when I return to Beijing this time, I will ask for my order to take you there to see, if you like it, make more small bottles like this." ”
Scarlet Smoke didn't expect him to say this, and he was stunned for a moment and didn't react. She thought that Wei Chimu would be dissatisfied with her research on these strange things or have some scruples, but listening to his words, there was a sense of appreciation and support. Thinking of the master's opposition to her drug production, Scarlet Smoke's heart was lightly somehow lightened, showing her first smile in these days, she nodded obediently and said softly,
"Okay."