Chapter 68: Critical Undercurrent
Gradually, she disappeared in the lotus leaves and lotus flowers that were as tall as people.
Although the sun is high, the fierce lotus leaves are like jasper discs, casting shade on those who sail into the pond. With the gentle breeze, the delicate lotus fragrance envelops people, and it seems that even every strand of hair has been soothed. Some lotus petals fell into the water, which immediately attracted many bold fish to compete, with a bit of fun among the lotus leaves.
Looking at the cute fish shaking her head in the water, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly.
Suddenly, a long black shadow seemed to pass through the water, and it flashed.
She stared at the surface of the water, the corners of her mouth pursed slightly, and said with a bit of seriousness: "Liluo, look around carefully." β
"What's wrong?" The hand that held the ribbon leading to the attic loosened in Liluo's hand, and his gaze swept lightly around, frowning between his brows on his cold face.
At this time, a black shadow crossed the water again, her eyes flashed slightly, and she gently squatted down to look at the calm and empty water, with a little thought in her eyes.
After a pause, she said softly, "In this water...... There seems to be something. β
As soon as he finished speaking, the cracks in the boat seemed to crack, and suddenly began to seep into many pools. In a matter of moments, the water was flooding in.
"This gap is not nailed at all!" She looked closely at the plank, and saw a finger-sized gap in a relatively hidden place.
She frowned slightly, touched it with her fingertips, and the white thing gently detached and floated on the water.
She reached out and picked up the white thing, which was slightly hard, but it was very slippery and brittle, and her fingers shattered with a slight force.
She looked up at Liluo and said calmly: "Someone blocked this gap with candle tears on the candle before, but the dancing girl is light, so it's naturally okay to stand on it." But when we both stood up, the pressure on the boat would be much greater, and the fragile layer of candle tears would naturally be washed away by the water. β
This Hundred Flowers Banquet was for the ladies to enter the palace alone, so the queen specially allowed all the nobles to bring a maid in. Therefore, there must be two people who set foot on the boat.
As he spoke, the water filled even more, and if a person stood at the bottom of the boat, his entire foot would be blistered.
Suddenly, "What do you think this is?" She let out an exclamation, looked up at Liluo, and pointed to the pool.
A black shadow appeared at the bottom of the calm water, like a tangle of hair, one by one, floating slightly in the water.
Gradually, it surfaced. Su Qingyu, who saw its appearance clearly, shrank his pupils.
Where is the hair here, it is clearly like a worm like a wire. They were intertwined at this time, and their long, black-and-red bodies gradually dispersed. It seems soft, but when you encounter an unsuspecting fish, they instantly entangle and cling to it.
Then it pierced the belly of the fish like a steel needle, and the fish struggled frantically, and blood continued to flow from its stomach. The smell of blood seemed to irritate the insects, and they drilled harder, and they could be seen rolling violently in the belly of the fish, and after a while, the fish gradually stopped moving, and the belly turned white and floated up.
A wireworm suddenly pierced its eyeball, lying on it with a bit of a nightmare, looking extremely cautious.
"Leave, let's go." She saw that her scalp was numb, and her hand grasped the boat tightly, and her finger bones were a little white because of the excessive strength.
This insect is extremely domineering, and if it is entangled, this boat will not be able to stop anything.
Hearing this, Liluo hurriedly pulled the silk hard, and gradually moved forward. But I didn't want the two of them to move much, and the sound of silk tearing suddenly in my ears.
Suddenly there was no strength in his hand, he subconsciously took a step back, stepped down, and the light boat moved, as if it was about to capsize.
He hurriedly used light power under his feet to stabilize his figure.
Su Qingyu looked at the ribbon that floated into the water due to breakage, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that they really don't miss any opportunity." β
As he spoke, the water in the boat became more and more, and the group of wireworms that had been left behind also floated over.
Suddenly, the sound of Huo Huo poking sounded at the bottom of the boat, as if someone was piercing the boat with a steel needle. With a snap, several wireworms pierced the boat, and then, the sound of collapse sounded one after another, and the bottom of the boat was poked like a sieve.
The black-and-red wireworm crawled into the boat, and along the gap in the planks of the boat, Shadow crawled towards the place where she was staying, with a bit of menacing cruelty.
If she was just a boudoir lady who didn't leave the door, she would probably fall into the water helplessly, and then be buried into the internal organs by this worm and die of pain. But luckily, she's not.
After giving Liluo a look, the two prepared to abandon the boat.
Suddenly, "It turns out that you haven't gone far, oh, it turns out that the silk is broken, and it seems that God has taken care of it." An arrogant voice came from behind him.
Looking back, isn't it the woman who has been finding fault before? Because their boats were very close to each other, after her silk broke, the boat floated on its own on the waves, and she didn't realize that it was already close to her.
At this time, the woman was diagonally behind her, walking slowly, and her figure was faintly among the many lotus leaves.
"You little hoof, don't hurry up! Haven't eaten? Because she didn't think it was fast enough, she scolded the maid who was struggling to pull the ribbon, and couldn't wait to see Su Qingyu's embarrassed appearance.
Within a few breaths, the distance between the two boats was no more than an arm's length.
"Yo, your boat is leaking." She glanced at their boat, a hint of schadenfreude in her words. The nematodes weren't very inconspicuous, so she didn't see them for a while, and she wouldn't be chattering here anyway.
In the face of her provocation, Su Qingyu didn't raise her eyes, but just squatted down and watched her get closer and closer to the subway nematode.
That time, the woman was not happy. She is used to pampering herself with the gimmick of the Criminal Division, where has she been so disregarded?
"Hey, I'll talk to you." Her powdered face was a little angry, and when she saw that she had been completely ignored, she kicked the maidservant girl who was pulling the boat, and said angrily, "You, go and shake their boat over for me!" β
After hearing the woman's words, she put down the ribbon in her hand, looked at the small boat close at hand, and the corners of her mouth were hooked, as if she wanted to show the anger that had been scolded before.
Picking up her sleeves and squatting down behind her, she raised her hand high and smashed it down, a flash of excitement in her eyes.
The lotus pond couldn't be seen to the end, although Su Qingyu entered the palace to attend the banquet, although he was dressed simply, he also wore layers of dresses, if he fell into the water in the lotus leaves that he didn't see anyone in this head, there was no way to float at all. Even if it is salvage, it is difficult.
She seems to want her life!
Su Qingyu's eyes flashed a touch of darkness, and he looked away. Before she could speak, Liluo nodded slightly, understanding what she meant.
At the moment when his fist landed on the boat, he flew up with him in his arms and landed on the boat of the unruly woman like a shock.
As for the servant girl, she didn't expect that these two people would leave the boat in an instant, and they wanted to rein in their strength in horror, but they found that it was too late, and they flipped down all at once, and the whole person kept fluttering in the water, splashing a lot of splashes.
But she didn't pounce for long, and suddenly let out a sharp scream from her mouth, and her hands were flustered, as if something had penetrated her body, her eyes were bloodshot, and she looked at the boat under their feet fixedly, as if she wanted to climb up.
But before her hand touched the boat, many wriggling nematodes crawled out of her screaming mouth, which had been wide open for screaming, and burrowed into her nostrils.
As her dilated pupils lost their vitality, she stopped struggling and slowly sank into the water, bringing up a few bubbles.
"Come, come! Helpβ" The savage woman was so frightened that she trembled her lips and said loudly, and her sharp voice resounded through the sky, startling some birds.
However, the theoretically well-guarded palace was slow to move, and no one came to the rescue.
The woman's feet went limp, and she sat down on the boat, which shook a little. Looking straight at the lake that had regained its calmness, with a bit of sluggishness, it seemed to be a marionette.
Su Qingyu lowered his eyes slightly, covering the thoughts in his eyes, let Liluo let go of his hand and stepped on the boat, and said lightly: "Let's go, it is estimated that someone will have to wait in the attic." β
She looked up at the tall attic not far away, her eyes flashing slightly.
Liluo bent down and picked up the ribbon that had been placed on the boat by the maidservant girl from before, and moved forward with the boat.
Gradually, the three of them gradually approached the shore.
Through the gradually thinning lotus leaves in front of him, there were a few noble ladies gathered on the shore, and their figures vaguely fell in Su Qingyu's eyes.
At this time, they gathered together in twos and threes, discussing with palpitations: "Alas, did you hear it just now, it seems that someone is calling for help." β
"Is there one?" There was a little doubt in a man's voice.
"Yes, yes, I think I heard that." Another person said with some excitement, "I was so scared that I almost fell into the water." β
"Hey, look at how that silk broke!" Suddenly, one exclaimed.
Everyone followed the voice, and the air froze.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the queen has summoned, please follow our family!" With a shrill voice, a father-in-law with a face full of 100 percent swept the dust and appeared in front of everyone.
Suddenly, Luo Zizhuo looked around, as if he had noticed something wrong, and hurriedly said, "Father-in-law, there are still people who haven't come." β
The father-in-law squinted at the silk, his eyes flashed slightly, and he smiled casually: "Miss, don't worry, someone will naturally go to pick someone up at that time." The queen has been waiting for a long time, so you can go first. β
Before she could speak again, the ladies were already a little impatient, and their impatient shouting stopped her words.
Su Qingyu looked at the lotus leaf for a long time, not wanting to see Luo Zizhuo continue to be embarrassed by her, so he turned his gaze to Liluo's body and bowed slightly.
The boat slowly slid forward, gradually peeling off the layers of lotus leaves.
When everyone heard the sound, they looked back and saw a beautiful maid in Tsing Yi appearing in front of them, standing on a small boat, which made people's eyes shine.
The boat gradually sailed out, and behind her stood a woman wearing a sandalwood blouse and a bamboo-blue large-sleeved shirt, with a shallow smile on her somewhat immature face.
Although not as delicate as the maidservant in front of her, there are a pair of bright eyes on her plain white and clean face, black as grapes.
She looked at her father-in-law with a slightly stiff expression, the curvature of the corners of her mouth deepened, but she bowed her head slightly, and said: