Chapter 60: Distress
Xuanyuan Chen held Wan Liang's hand tightly and squeezed all the way over, and soon, they squeezed under the improvised high platform.
I saw a long wooden table on the platform, on which were placed all kinds of lanterns and beautiful calligraphy and paintings. A middle-aged man in his fifties stood at the wooden table, pulling his throat and speaking loudly: "Everyone present, the old man is here, and I repeat again, today, no matter who you are, as long as you guess the five riddles correctly, you can come to the stage to receive any favorite gift on the table." Now, let's move on to the quiz! "The upper is not afraid of water, the lower is not afraid of fire, every kitchen, there is one". Hit a utensil. Who knows, all the Magi present? ”
"Pot." Xuanyuan Chen replied immediately.
"Correct. Continue, 'Play together during the day, sleep together at night, never be separated until you are old, and have a good marriage in the world'. Type an animal name. ”
"Awan, guess what animal it is?" Xuanyuan Chen looked at Wan Liang, pretending not to know, and asked.
"Of course it's a mandarin duck." Wan Liang replied naturally. Suddenly, I saw the sly smile in his eyes, and instantly realized that he had deliberately asked her to say it.
"Mandarin ducks." Xuanyuan Chen replied loudly with a smile.
"Correct. Continue, 'There are holes but no insects, there are nests but no peaks, there are silkworms without silkworms, and there are no people with umbrellas'. Hit a vegetable name. ”
"Lotus root." Xuanyuan Chen got it right again.
"Correct. Continue, 'give birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus in one belly', type. ”
"Okay."
"Correct. Go on, 'in all directions', and play an idiom. ”
"The head is the way."
"Correct. Congratulations to this wise man for answering five questions correctly in a row, and now I invite this wise man to come to the stage to receive a favorite gift. The middle-aged man on the stage announced loudly.
"Awan, which one do you like about the gifts on the long table? I'll take it and give it to you. Xuanyuan Chen Yijuan looked at Wanliang and said happily.
"That 'plum blossom' calligraphy and painting is not bad." Wanliang looked at all the small gifts on the long table, the lanterns were very beautiful, but she already had them, and she found that those ink calligraphy and paintings were not bad, especially the "plum blossom" calligraphy and painting, so she said.
"Good. Awan, you wait, I'll go on stage and bring it to you. Xuanyuan Chen doted.
"Woo woo woo ......" As soon as Xuanyuan Chen stepped onto the high platform, Wan Liang was dragged out of the crowd by a burly man dressed as an ordinary person standing behind her. She wanted to shout for help to Chen, but her mouth was covered by someone, and she could only let out a low whimper.
After exiting the crowd, the man directly carried Wanliang on his shoulders and quickly led him away.
"Wanliang ......" Du Hongyu, who had been silently following not far from Wanliang, saw that she was forcibly carried on her shoulders by a man and ran away, he called out in a panic and immediately chased after her.
"Ah Wan, Ah Wan ......" Xuanyuan Chen received the "plum blossom" calligraphy and painting, and immediately returned to the original place happily, but found that there was no shadow of Ah Wan, he suddenly panicked, and called out anxiously in the crowd.
"Awan, Awan...... Where are you? Don't scare me, okay? Ah Wan ...... "Xuanyuan Chen searched all the places they had just walked, but there was no trace of Wan Liang.
He immediately flew back to the house, instructed Shi Qing to gather a large number of secret guards, and began to carpet collect Wanliang again.
He blamed himself very much, because he wanted to have a romantic Shangyuan Festival with her, and thought that now that the eldest brother and the second brother had gone, there was nothing to be wary of, so he didn't let Shi Qing follow, nor did he let Yu'er Mo'er follow.
"Let go of me! Let me go...... Imperial palace...... Save me...... Chen ...... "Wan Liang lay on the man's shoulder, punched and kicked in a panic, roared loudly, and called for help. It's just that Xuanyuan Chen, who was still crowded in the crowd and frantically looking for her, was noisy in her ears, and she couldn't hear her shouting in the distance at all.
"Be honest with me!" The man scolded angrily and continued to carry her towards the inaccessible mountain road.
At this time, Du Hongyu was anxious, but his light work was not good, and he was never able to catch up and save Wanliang.
Du Hongyu chased for a long distance and saw the man carrying Wanliang into a ruined temple halfway up the mountain. "What does he want to do to Wan Liang?" Du Hongyu said secretly. The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, and he ran desperately towards the ruined temple.
"Tie her up for me!" The man carried Wanliang into the broken temple, put her down, and said to another man in the broken temple.
"Let go of me! Let go of me......" Wan Liang scolded with a frightened face.
"Girl, you better save some effort! In this barren mountain and wilderness, no one will hear you even if you roar through your throat! If you want to blame your husband, anger the people who shouldn't be provoked! The man who carried him in said.
"Who are you? What are you going to do? Let me go! Let me go! Woo woo woo ......" Wan Liang howled in more and more panic.
The other man got annoyed, picked up a ball of cotton cloth on the ground and shoved it into her mouth.
"I now go and tell my master. You've got people in mind! After the two tied Wanliang up, the man who carried Wanliang in said that, he walked out of the broken temple quickly.
At this time, Du Hongyu, who was hiding in the shadows, was secretly thinking, the person just now was carrying Wanliang, and he tried his best to catch up, which shows that this person's light skills are far above him. He also heard a conversation in the ruined temple, and he even had accomplices! He thought, if he rushed in like this, he would definitely not be able to save Wanliang!
What the hell is he going to do?
It's hateful, I used to like to carry some smoke and other tricks with me, but I didn't bring it today!
Du Hongyu was secretly annoyed, when suddenly, through the bright moonlight, he saw that the man who carried Wanliang into the broken temple actually walked out of the broken temple and quickly flew away.
Just now, he heard a conversation in the broken temple, and he was sure that there were still accomplices of that person in the broken temple, so he had to think of a good plan to rescue Wanliang. Indeed, his martial arts are too inferior, and he will definitely not be able to beat him hard.
So, his brain turned sharply, and he thought hard, how could he save Wanliang when he didn't bring a knife, didn't hold a sword, and his martial arts were not good?
He was anxiously thinking, thinking, thinking...... Before I knew it, two quarters of an hour had passed, and I really didn't come up with a good way, so I was about to simply go up and fight with him!
At this time, a deafening snoring sound suddenly came into his ears, and he was overjoyed, so he came to the door of the broken temple lightly, probed, through the dim candle flame in the broken temple, followed the sound, and sure enough, it was not like the people dressed just now, but a young man in a black robe, who was sitting on a dilapidated wooden table, snoring against the wall.
Immediately afterwards, he saw through the dim candle flame inside that Wanliang was struggling to try to untie the rope tied to her wrist, at this time, she turned her head and saw him poking out of the door, looking at each other, he didn't have time to feel sorry for her, so he quickly made a "silence" movement with his hand, and hinted to her with her eyes that she was relieved! There is him!
Immediately afterwards, Du Hongyu walked on thin ice even more, came to Wanliang's side step by step, immediately took out the cotton cloth stuffed in her mouth, quickly untied the rope, and then fled together.
Just as they were about to walk out of the broken temple, Wanliang accidentally stepped on the broken wooden board because she was too nervous, making a "creaking" sound.
"Who!" The black-robed man was a killer, with inertial vigilance, and immediately woke up when he heard the sound, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that Wan Liang had already grabbed the door, so he quickly got up and chased after him.
"Wanliang, run!" Seeing this, Du Hongyu immediately picked up Wanliang and fled.
However, Du Hongyu, who only had half a jar of water in martial arts and light skills, was soon intercepted by the black-robed man, and they had no way to retreat, because the black-robed man had forced them to the cliff on the other side.
"Bring her over obediently, and let you die as a dog!" The black-robed man said extremely arrogantly. If not, the boss said that he wanted to live, he really wanted to split the two of them off the cliff with one palm!
"You're dreaming!" Du Hongyu shouted.
"Look for death!" The black-robed man roared angrily and quickly flew up to fight with Du Hongyu.
"Wanliang, run!" Du Hongyu shouted at Wan Liang while making a move to fight back at the black-robed man.
He risked his own safety and came to save her, how could she leave him alone and escape alone!
Seeing that he was fighting more and more hard, Wan Liang's spiritual power moved, took off the crystal and diamond hollow golden hairpin on the hair bun, and quickly rushed forward, just about to stab the golden hairpin into the back of the black-robed man, but as soon as she approached him, she was violently shaken by a strong internal force, and the golden hairpin fell to the ground......
The miserable sound of "Ah......" was shocked and fell straight down the cliff......
The black-robed man heard the screams and said in his heart, "It's over!" The people above ask to stay alive! "If a person dies, it can be regarded as not completing the task, how to keep up with the explanation, he was stunned for a while.
"Wanliang! ......" Seeing this, Du Hongyu howled heartbreakingly, and pushed away the stunned black-robed man with a palm, and then quickly jumped off the cliff......
Unexpectedly, under the cliff was a deep pool, "Plop!" With a bang, Wan Liang fell into the water, splashed a huge splash, and was immediately poured into a large mouthful of water, she quickly raised her head to the surface, spit out the water, and then, quickly swam to the shore with great difficulty.
Although Zhoushan is much warmer than Yandu, but after all, it is early spring, the cold wave has not receded, before going out today, Xuanyuan Chen specially put on a thick mink fur for her, the big soaking is very heavy after soaking in water, even if she has good water quality, it is very difficult to swim at this time!
Suddenly, there was a loud "plop" next to Wanliang, and her already wet face was splashed with water on her face again.
Du Hongyu, who fell into the deep pool, did not know the nature of water, and was instantly submerged by the surging water, and his mind was only blank. He kept struggling desperately in the water, slapping the water around him in a panic, desperately trying to catch something, the water halo swung around and around, splashing the water, but his body kept sinking......
Wanliang looked through the bright moonlight, and when she saw it, it was Du Hongyu who fell. Seeing that he was struggling with his mission and scratching his hands and feet, he didn't know the nature of water.
So, she quickly swam over and grabbed him, and then, she quickly put her lips on his mouth to breathe for him, and he froze instantly, not only did he not feel suffocated, but felt as if he was floating up to the sky, like a dream......
However, Wanliang is extremely difficult, the soaking mink hair on her body has made her feel very burdened, and now she has to drag a Du Hongyu who doesn't know water at all, at this time, she takes him to swim a step, it is very difficult!
Helpless, she resolutely untied the tie tied around her neck, and suddenly, the weight of her body was reduced a lot, fortunately, the shore was not far away, and after a quarter of an hour, she finally tried her best to drag Du Hongyu and swam to the shore, and then, both grabbed the aquatic plants on the shore and climbed ashore.
At this time, Wan Liang, who was shivering from the cold, was close to collapse and collapsed to the ground, not wanting to move again.
"Wanliang! Wan Liang ......" Du Hongyu, who was lying next to Wan Liang, saw this and hurriedly called anxiously.
"I'm fine......" Wanliang replied weakly.
"Wanliang, your hands are so cold......" Du Hongyu, who was so prostrated that he only had one breath left, reached out and touched Wanliang's hand, very worried, and then said: "Wanliang, you hold on for a while, I'll go find some firewood now." ”
Fortunately, Wanliang gave Du Hongyu a boost in time, so he didn't faint from choking on the water.
At this time, Du Hongyu was also close to prostration, he completely relied on the idea that he couldn't let Wanliang have anything to do, so he went to find firewood nearby, and then, lit it with flint, and soon, the flames were ignited.