Text Chapter 88 Escape from the Shrine
Hu Kehao put on armor, wore a sword, held a spear, disguised as a female soldier, and followed Anya into the Aina Island Shrine. The shrine is heavily guarded and checked everywhere. The guard knew Anlia and didn't doubt her, but when he saw Hu Kehao, he felt very strange and asked, "Who is she, why haven't you seen her before?" ”
"This is a newly recruited female soldier, who has come to the shrine to be on duty, and I will take her to familiarize herself with the environment and rules inside." Anya said.
Anya found a hidden place, took off her armor, changed into the clothes of a slave, and said to Hu Kehao: "I'll pretend to be a slave later, send lotus soup to your friend, and replace her by stealing beams and changing pillars." You put her in my uniform, and you run out together. ”
"What about you?" Hu Kehao asked.
"Of course I stayed in there and pretended to be her." Anya said.
"You're going to be in danger." Hu Kehao said.
"You don't care about me, I have my own way to get out." Anlia came to the temple with a tray with a bowl of lotus soup on it, but the guards stopped her. Anya took out the Holy Fire Order and said, "On the orders of the God King, come and visit the Holy Maiden." The guards checked the Holy Fire Order, found nothing wrong, and put her in the temple.
Lin Xueyi was locked up in the temple, like a bird in a cage. Although there is no worry about eating and drinking here, there is no end to the glory and wealth, and it can be respected by the believers, but there is no fun at all. Anya entered the temple, saw Lin Xueyi, invited her to drink lotus soup, and said: "Girl, the coronation ceremony of the Holy Maiden will be held in a few days, such a noble and sacred thing, many girls can't ask for it, aren't you happy?" ”
"I don't believe in your religion, my heart is not pious, and I am not qualified to be a saint. Please let me out, I still have to find my friends, I have to go back to study, you can find someone else to be a saint!" Lin Xueyi said.
"Okay, don't worry, I'll take you out." Anya said.
Lin Xueyi couldn't believe her ears, thinking that Anya was talking and playing. Unexpectedly, Anya took off her clothes and let Lin Xueyi put them on. She put on Lin Xueyi's clothes again and stayed in the temple to pretend to be a saint. Lin Xueyi held the tray, lowered her head, took Anlia's holy fire order, walked out of the temple, found Hu Kehao, and changed into Anya's military uniform, dressed as a female soldier. Hu Kehao and Lin Xueyi held spears in their hands, pretending to patrol the shrine and came to the gate of the shrine. The palace gates were closed, and the soldiers carefully checked the people entering and leaving. Hu Kehao took out the Holy Fire Order and said, "On the orders of the God King, go out of the palace to do business." The soldier heard Hu Kehao's voice a little strangely, but he had the Holy Fire Order in hand, so he didn't dare to slack off and let them out.
Hu Kehao and Lin Xueyi came to the palace and ran to the beach. They had no means of transportation, only walking, the speed was too slow, and they were afraid that the pursuers would come, so they were very anxious. Hu Kehao heard a voice behind him, and when he looked back, there was a monster rolling rapidly. Hu Kehao pulled Lin Xueyi to hide in a corner.
The thing stopped in front of them and didn't move. Hu Kehao saw clearly, and saw an old woman straddle a red crockpot, which rolled like a horse. The old woman looked around and shouted, "Xiaohu, Xiaolin, where are you?" I'm here to help you. ”
Hu Kehao saw that the old woman was not a pursuer, so he put his mind at ease, walked out of the hiding place, and asked, "Grandma, who are you?" What are you looking for from us? ”
The old woman said, "I am a witch of Aina Island, I have a spell, don't worry. Your friend, Anya, has asked me to help you get out of Aina. ”
"Where are we going now?" Hu Kehao asked.
"Let's go to my house for a while, and then find a way to get you out of Aina Island." The witch cast a spell, and the crockpot she was riding on turned into a skateboard with four wheels underneath.
The skateboard was the size of a desk, more than enough for three people to stand on. Hu Kehao and Lin Xueyi stood in front, and the witch stood in the back, their black robes completely covering them, even if the pursuers came from behind, they could not be seen.
"Stand still, let's go!" The witch stood on the skateboard with her left foot, kicked the ground with her right foot a few times, and the scooter rolled forward. Strangely, when the scooter rolls on the ground, it does not seem to experience friction, and the forward speed does not decay. The witch moves her pace on the scooter, adjusts her center of gravity, and the scooter turns automatically.
"It's so comfortable to ride on this scooter!" Lin Xueyi said. She suddenly remembered another question and asked, "I heard that a witch can make a broom fly, why don't we take it?" ”
"It's so uncomfortable to sit on that thing! The broom is in contact with the buttocks, and the force area is small, and it is uncomfortable to sit on it! It's much more comfortable to ride this scooter! The ass doesn't hurt at all! The witch said.
After a while, they came to a swamp surrounded by no people. I saw a patch of green water, and there were sparse aquatic plants growing in it. The swamp seemed to open wide mouths to devour those caught in it. In the middle of the swamp, there was a wooden house, which was the witch's residence.
The witch's scooter went into the swamp like an arrow off the string, and soon reached the cabin. Hu Kehao climbed the wooden ladder and found that the wooden house was surrounded by a fence, like the side of a ship. The witch said, "The wooden house was built according to the principle of a ship. When the water level in the marsh rises, the wooden houses will also rise and will not be submerged. Hu Kehao was amazed.
After the God King found out that Lin Xueyi and Hu Kehao had escaped, he sent soldiers to chase them. The soldiers, not knowing the direction in which they were fleeing, broke up the ranks and scattered the pursuit in every possible direction. Several soldiers noticed the witch's whereabouts suspiciously and quietly followed her. They came to the edge of the swamp, and when they looked around, there was a dead air before them.
"This is the witch's dwelling, how can we just break in?" A soldier asked.
"We can pretend to visit and visit the witch, and ask her, with great devotion and respect, to help us calculate the direction in which the criminals have fled, and by the way search whether the two fugitives are with her." Another soldier said.
"That's a great idea! You can not offend the witch, search for criminals, and ask her for help! ”
The soldier picked up a stone and threw it into the water, the splash was small, and it seemed that the water in the swamp was not shallow, and he did not dare to enter it rashly. The soldier was very experienced in trekking through mountains and rivers, and he picked up some dead branches around him, tied them firmly to the soles of his feet, and turned them into a pair of wooden shoes. The soldier entered the water, leaned forward, did not dare to exert too much force under his feet, and slipped out on the water. He didn't dare to stay on the surface of the water for a moment, his feet moved all the time, his body did not sink, he only felt that his body was light and fluttering, as if he was walking against the wind. It turned out that the soldier often practiced martial arts, and learned a kind of exercise similar to light gong, so after wearing wooden shoes made of dead branches, he could float away on the water.
When the soldier floated away on the surface of the swamp, he noticed that the aquatic plants around him were arranged abnormally and were not natural. The soldiers saw the witch's hut in front of them, floating over the water between the water and grass, but they always encountered obstacles and could not find a way out. It turns out that the aquatic plants in the swamp are arranged according to the direction of the five elements of yin and yang, and people who don't understand the mysteries naturally can't enter. The witch doesn't know what the five elements of yin and yang are, but the method she has developed to arrange the orientation of aquatic plants is similar to the five elements of yin and yang, and outsiders breaking into it is like entering a labyrinth, just like the peach blossom island of Huang Yaoshi in Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". It seems that there are many techniques that are common in ancient and modern China and abroad, but they are called differently. The soldiers were unable to enter the witch's hut and had to go back to their lives in despair.
The witch's wooden house has two floors, and there are many murals in it, as well as various ritual utensils, which seem ordinary but very powerful. The witch said that as long as the kung fu is at home, any instrument can be used as a magic weapon. Just like a martial arts master, he can use a leaf as a flying knife, and a dead branch as a sword.
Hu Kehao saw a book in the witch's room, and there were many strange words in it, like tadpole script, and like oracle bone script. Hu Kehao was familiar with this book, and he finally remembered that in Qinglongtan, S County, he had seen such a book. There is also a witch in the water palace of Qinglong Pond, and she once wanted He Xin to be the heir. In order to distinguish the two witches, the witches of Aina Island are called the Great Witches here, and the witches under the water of the Blue Dragon Pool are called the Little Witches.
At that time, the little witch of Qinglongtan was harmed by the wind, and Hu Kehao used surfactant to create bubbles to save her. Thanks to Hu Kehao's help, the little witch did not force He Xin to be her successor in the end. On the occasion of separation, the little witch gave He Xin a secret book for cultivating spells, with these strange words and symbols on it.
Hu Kehao told the big witch about the little witch in Qinglongtan. The big witch said that she had indeed seen the little witch, and that they still had a master-apprentice relationship, and those dusty past events came back to the big witch's mind.