CHAPTER XVI

Ah Zheng hugged Chu Yangcheng's hand tightly, and said in a low voice: "Yangcheng, I'm really afraid that you will ignore me again because of this matter." Shu Yu Shirt"

Chu Yangcheng was slightly stunned, in her opinion, Ah Zheng has always been a dashing person, it seems that everything is in his hands, and she has never seen him speak to anyone so carefully. I felt sad for a while, and said, "It's okay to tell me to smoke?"

Ah Zheng gently brushed away the hair that slipped down Chu Yangcheng's face, and called softly: "Smoke, I love you." ”

Chu Yangcheng's tears slid down, from the time she decided to be her brother, she never thought that one day, someone would say to her and love her.

Seeing Chu Yangcheng crying, Ah Zheng panicked and hurriedly asked, "Smoke, what's wrong with you?" I'm sorry, did I say the wrong thing?"

Chu Yangcheng shook his head and only continued to cry, as if he wanted to vent all the grievances he had suffered over the years. Ah Zheng hugged her tightly, neither of them spoke, and when Chu Yangcheng had cried enough, Ah Zheng took the handkerchief and wet it and wiped Chu Yangcheng's face.

Chu Yangcheng only realized that Ah Zheng had found water at this time, and asked, "Have you found the exit?"

Ah Zheng nodded and said with a smile: "You just found out! Okay, clean up, let's go out! After disappearing for so long, my uncle must be worried about death, and I don't know what happened to my father and Jinnian!"

"The prince and the princess will be safe. Chu Yangcheng knew Ah Zheng's worries and comforted.

Ah Zheng sighed and said, "I hope so!" After saying that, he walked out with Chu Yangcheng in his arms.

Chu Yangcheng's face turned red and said, "You, you put me down, what do people think about this look!"

"There's not even a ghost here except the two of us, what can anyone think? Good boy, I'll let you go when you go out, I know, it's going to hurt a lot the first time." Ah Zheng explained seriously.

Chu Yangcheng's face turned even redder, but he didn't struggle anymore, his hands wrapped around Ah Zheng's neck, and he leaned on Ah Zheng's arms with peace of mind. The path that Ah Zheng found was a secret passage that seemed to be very old, and it should have been a retreat left in a hurry, which had not been built with bricks and stones, and there were traces of digging and chiseling. Because of the age, there is mud and sand falling from time to time, but fortunately there are no stones, otherwise it is very dangerous to walk here.

"How did you find out here?" With Ah Zheng hugging, Chu Yangcheng looked around at this exit, the two of them almost looked through this treasure house yesterday, and did not find any possible exit.

There were no lights in the tunnel, Ah Zheng carefully avoided the protruding stones on the wall, and when he heard Chu Yangcheng's question, he said: "When I woke up, I looked around and found that the musty smell in this direction was stronger than elsewhere, thinking that there might be water here, so I smashed the wall open." Originally, I just wanted to find water, so that we would not die of thirst, but I didn't expect there to be such an outlet. ”

"Oh, it seems that this place should have been deliberately kept by the craftsman who built the treasure house to escape, but it was simply dug up, and it hasn't collapsed for so many years, so we are lucky!" Chu Yangcheng said. "You're tired! I can walk on my own. ”

"It's okay, it's going to be done quickly. It's not a long tunnel, but I don't know what it's out there. Ah Zheng smiled lightly and quickened his pace, he had gone out for a trip, it seemed that he should be outside the capital, and they had to rush back as soon as possible.

Sure enough, they quickly walked out of the tunnel, Ah Zheng put down Chu Yangcheng, and the two of them came out of the hole overgrown with weeds, and looked around, Chu Yangcheng looked at Ah Zheng: "We are outside the city?"

Ah Zheng nodded and said, "I haven't been to this place, and I don't know where we are now, and I don't know how to walk back!" Ah Zheng also looked helpless.

Chu Yangcheng sighed and said, "I haven't been here either." Let's go, let's go down and have a look, and if there is no village or anything, maybe we can ask the way back to the capital. ”

Ah Zheng nodded in agreement, and the two walked down the hill, hoping to find someone, and also hoping to find something to eat, they walked into the fire yesterday evening, and now it seems that it is already afternoon, and they have not eaten anything.

Rushing down the mountain, they didn't deliberately look for it, but only noticed that there were no wild fruits or anything like that on the side of the road to satisfy their hunger. It's a pity that the sky doesn't follow people's wishes, and the two of them walked down the mountain but didn't find anything to eat. After sitting down and resting, the two of them casually looked for a direction and continued on their way, for they had no idea where they were or which way they were going, and it made no difference to them.

The two walked for almost half an hour, and finally saw the curling smoke in front of them, and the two breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to that side. Soon the two walked to a small village, Chu Yangcheng breathed a sigh of relief, if she couldn't go again, she suspected that they would be tired and starved to death. Ah Zheng shook Chu Yangcheng's hand, and the two walked towards the nearest courtyard.

Ah Zheng stepped forward and knocked on the door, and soon an eleven or twelve-year-old girl came to open the door, but for some reason, the girl's eyes were red and she seemed to have cried. Ah Zheng and Chu Yangcheng glanced at each other, and still spoke: "Little sister, our two brothers got lost and came here, and now we are tired and hungry, can I buy some food with you, let's rest here?"

The girl looked at the two beautiful fairy-like brothers in front of her in a daze, and didn't answer for a long time, until a man's voice came from the house, "Xiaoyu, who is here?" Listening to the voice, it was a middle-aged man, with a trace of sadness and helplessness in his voice, Ah Zheng and Chu Yangcheng both frowned, could it be that something happened to this family?

The girl who called Xiaoyu came back to her senses and said to the house, "Two brothers are lost, and they want to buy us some food, Daddy, but do you want to let them in?"

There was silence for a moment before he said, "Let them in! You get them something to eat, tell them to eat and leave quickly!"

"Okay! Xiaoyu knows! Two brothers, you come in with me. Xiao Yu led Ah Zheng and Chu Yangcheng into the courtyard.

Ah Zheng looked at it, it was an ordinary farm yard, not big, but it was very clean. It's just that, until now, they have only seen the little girl in front of them, the father, only hearing her voice, not seeing her person, Ah Zheng and Chu Yangcheng instinctively feel that there is something wrong with this village, at least this person's family, they have entered the village until now, and they have not seen a person walking outside.

"Two brothers, sit down first, and I'll prepare some food for you. Xiao Yu didn't let Ah Zheng and Chu Yangcheng enter the door, and took a stool for them to sit in the courtyard. Ah Zheng and Chu Yangcheng didn't ask much, they sat in the courtyard to rest, and they were really tired after such a long journey.

Soon, Xiaoyu came over with food, not much to eat, a few steamed buns, two side dishes, and a soup. Ah Zheng and Chu Yangcheng were very hungry, and they only felt that it was sweeter than the usual delicacies of the mountains and seas. And Xiaoyu was accompanying Ah Zheng and Chu Yangcheng on the side.

Ah Zheng felt a little embarrassed to sit like this, so he smiled and asked, "Your name is Xiaoyu, right?

Xiaoyu glanced up at Ah Zheng, only to think that Ah Zheng was so beautiful, even the most beautiful spring flowers in the village could not catch up with half of Ah Zheng, and when he heard Ah Zheng's question, he said: "Ah Niang was not here a few days ago, and now the little brother is also sick, and my father is taking care of my younger brother inside." Xiao Yu's eyes began to turn red as he spoke.

When Chu Yangcheng heard this, he only felt that this family was extremely pitiful, so he said, "What is your little brother's illness?

Xiaoyu shook his head and said: "It's useless, the little brother is the same as A-Niang, and the other families in the village are like this, no one can save them, the village chief's grandfather said that only one day when everyone in the village dies, this disease will disappear." ”

Ah Zheng frowned, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said to Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, give me your hand." ”

Xiaoyu didn't know what Ah Zheng was going to do, but he still handed his hand to Ah Zheng. Ah Zheng checked Xiaoyu's pulse, and his brows became tighter and tighter. Chu Yangcheng couldn't help but be nervous and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ah Zheng nodded, was silent for a moment, and then said to Xiao Yu: "Xiao Yu, can you let your father come out to meet me?"

Before Xiao Yu could agree, he saw a middle-aged man come out of the house, looked at Xiao Yu and said, "You go in and look at your brother." Then he turned to Ah Zheng and asked, "Do you know about this disease?"

"I've seen it, or, I should say, it's not a disease, it's a poison. Sir, is there a mistake in the next one?" said Ah Zheng calmly.

"You're right, it's not a disease or a poison, it's a poison planted by the devil!" said the middle-aged man, sitting down across from Ah Zheng, his hands clenched into fists, as if trying to restrain his emotions.

Ah Zheng stared at the man's eyes tightly and asked, "You guys, what do you have to do with ghosts?"

Ah Zheng and Chu Yangcheng saw that the man's body was obviously shocked, and looked at Ah Zheng incredulously, "You, how do you know about ghosts?"

Ah Zheng still stared at the man and said, "I almost died at the hands of the ghost, how can I not know the ghost?"

"No wonder, no wonder the poison strikes suddenly!" the man lowered his head and sighed in a low voice, "You have seen this poison, you should know what it is for." ”

Ah Zheng nodded, "This poison is used by the ghost snake to control his subordinates, and it can be passed on with the bloodline. That is, it is not you, but your ancestors who are ghosts!"

"You're right, but you're not entirely right. Every country will have its own hole cards, and the ghost snake is the dark force of the previous dynasty. However, the ghost snake is more extreme than the others, and he requires every subordinate, including their descendants, to be loyal to them wholeheartedly, so every person who enters the ghost snake will take poison. Usually, as long as you don't leave a certain range, the poison doesn't do much harm to the body, but once the Lord needs it, all the disciples must gather around the Lord in the shortest possible time, otherwise, they will die of poison. The man explained.

"In this way, you have lived in seclusion here and have always been peaceful, because there is no need to summon you to the Lord of the Ghosts?" Chu Yangcheng asked.

The man nodded, "According to the old people in the village, there was one hundred years ago, but it didn't take long, and many people survived, otherwise there would be no us." We have become accustomed to such a secluded life, and we no longer want to die for them, so we would rather die of poison. Perhaps, we survived and can still live in such a peaceful life. ”