Chapter 77: Inexplicable Trust (3)
This princess has the ability to call for wind and rain, as long as she is in a good mood, the entire ancient Dian Kingdom is full of sunshine. But if she's in a bad mood, then it's going to rain.
She didn't care about the lives of the people, and sometimes the crops were dried up and killed without rain for months. Sometimes a month of continuous rain kills the crops.
The people of the ancient Dian Kingdom had grievances in their hearts and could not vent them, so some quietly emigrated to other countries.
Later, strange things became more and more strange. Some people who returned late, when passing by the palace, could clearly hear the cry of a baby inside, and even the shadow of a snake reflected on the wall.
The reason why the princess is a monster is because she has been here for twenty years, and her appearance has not changed at all, but her figure has become more graceful.
On the other hand, the monarch has aged into fifty or sixty years in twenty years, much faster than ordinary people.
Shopkeeper had a gloomy face and continued: "We are all curious about why the monarch ages so quickly, whether it is because the monster has lost his spirit. ”
No wonder this snake demon wants to go to Lanling, thousands of miles away, to find the baby, it turns out that the people here are suspicious of her. It's just that what she did was so obvious, either she had something wrong with her brain, or she had some conspiracy.
Xue Jue was also extremely puzzled, held his chin and thought for a long time, and asked, "When will this happen?"
The shopkeeper shook his head, as if he only knew so little.
"On the first and fifteenth day of each month. ”
Suddenly, a voice answered.
Shen Zhifeng and Xue Jue turned their heads at the same time, and saw a man in a fancy costume sitting at the next table drinking and eating. The man smiled as their eyes met.
Out of curiosity, Shen Zhifeng hurriedly leaned over and asked, "How do you know so clearly?"
"To tell you the truth, below is the general of the palace. The man said, "You can call me Wang Yu." ”
Shen Zhifeng hugged his fists and said: "Shen Zhifeng, a Taoist priest." I don't know why General Wang Yu told the two of us about the things in the palace?"
Wang Yu seemed surprised, and after looking at Shen Zhifeng, he said, "Because I also think that the princess looks like a monster." ”
At this time, the shopkeeper brought the food, Shen Zhifeng didn't think about it, so he put his table on Wang Yu's table, and said enthusiastically: "We came here this time specifically to catch demons, if General Wang Yu doesn't dislike it, why don't you tell more information?"
When the shopkeeper heard the conversation, he couldn't help but persuade: "This girl, I advise you to leave this matter alone, after all, it is very dangerous." This General Wang Yu invited a lot of Taoist priests before, but they all disappeared inexplicably!"
"I'm not as weak as they are. Shen Zhifeng said with a smile.
The shopkeeper was a little shocked, and carefully observed Shen Zhifeng. She held the chopsticks in her mouth at the moment, blinking with a pair of apricot eyes, and she looked like a lady who was ignorant of the world, where did she look like a Taoist priest.
He thought that Shen Zhifeng must be the eldest lady who didn't know the sinister nature of the rivers and lakes, so he couldn't help but turn his head to Xue Jue and said, "This son, I didn't say you, your young lady wants to do dangerous things, why don't you persuade him?"
Xue Jue was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then indifferently highlighted three words: "I can't persuade you." ”
The shopkeeper was not choked by Xue Jue, and he couldn't say anything, so he could only shake his head and leave.
Without anyone's persuasion, Shen Zhifeng happily ate several mouthfuls of food. She hadn't eaten in the mortal world for days, like a hungry wolf. She thought that even if she ate boiled vegetables now, she would probably be able to swallow them.
Wang Yu squinted his eyes and observed Shen Zhifeng, still a little skeptical: "Are you really a Taoist priest?"
Shen Zhifeng swallowed the food in his mouth, patted his chest and said confidently: "It's like a fake!"
"Can it really help us catch the snake demon?" Wang Yu continued to ask.
Shen Zhifeng nodded confidently.
Wang Yu was a little relieved and said, "You shouldn't be able to enter the palace, but you can guard the lake behind the main hall." I've been observing it all this time, and I've learned that the basilisk will devour babies there. ”
Shen Zhifeng glanced at Xue Jue, and he nodded in understanding.
After the three of them walked out of the teahouse together, Wang Yu said that he would look for talented people in the teahouse on weekdays, and if he encountered something he didn't understand, he could come to him at this time of day.
After Shen Zhifeng thanked him repeatedly, he parted ways with him.
She pinched her fingers and calculated, today is the fifteenth, and decided to take Xue Jue to the lake behind the palace to try her luck.
Seeing that it was getting late, they walked straight to the location designated by Wang Yu. There is a dense forest here, and if you walk down the path, you will see a black lake. The lake was surrounded by a large amount of evil spirits, and there were even the ghosts of babies floating in it, crying out to go home.
When Shen Zhifeng saw such a heroic scene, he couldn't help but clench his fists, eager to directly break the snake demon into ten thousand pieces.
Xue Jue was much calmer than Shen Zhifeng, and he arranged the spirit runes around the lake, forming a huge magic circle. He didn't activate the trick, so he didn't have any spiritual power at all. Just wait for the snake demon to come here, and then urge the magic circle to trap it.
After arranging everything around, the two of them hid in the bushes on the side.
It was completely dark, and the whole forest was pitch black. There were no stars and no moon tonight, and Shen Zhifeng couldn't even see Xue Jue beside him clearly.
Waiting in such a quiet environment, Shen Zhifeng felt sleepiness coming little by little.
She tried to keep her eyes open, but her eyelids were heavy and she didn't listen to her. She couldn't squat in a daze, and leaned directly on Xue Jue's shoulder.
Xue Jue's body stiffened, and he subconsciously pushed her. Unexpectedly, Shen Zhifeng did not leave, but directly hugged his arm.
He was so frightened by the sudden intimacy that he didn't dare to move. He wondered why the immortal fell asleep while catching the monster, and lowered his head just in time to meet her unsuspecting sleeping face.
Xue Jue was stunned for a moment, looking at her slightly trembling eyelashes, and uncontrollably slowly approached her cheeks.
The sky was getting brighter, and their faces were clear. There seemed to be fireflies rising up around them, like stars falling into the white night, surrounding the two of them.
Xue Jue closed his eyes, and he could even clearly feel Shen Zhifeng's steady breathing.
Just as the lips of the two men were about to touch, something flew up from the woods.
Xue Jue suddenly came to his senses and pushed Shen Zhifeng away. Because of too much strength, Shen Zhifeng was directly pushed to the ground, and his head hit a big tree hard.
He slammed up from the ground as if he had been grabbed by the tail, blushing and covering his mouth.
He was so nervous now, he didn't understand why Fang Cai would have the idea of kissing Shen Zhifeng!