Chapter Twenty-Three: Danger lurks
"Queen Mother, the back of Sunset Mountain is not far from the South China Sea, I heard that the South China Sea merman weaves silk beautifully, tears are beads, and the blood of the merman is a miracle. Erchen planned to go directly over Sunset Mountain to the South China Sea to hunt sharks and dedicate it to the queen mother. ”
"Bastard thing!" The empress was quite flat in the face of Hua Ying just now, but at this time, she was directly furious and threw the teacup in her hand in front of the second highness Hua Zichu.
Hua Zichu's body trembled, he didn't know why the empress was angry, so he could only beg for mercy first and said that he would change places.
The empress didn't bother with him anymore, and asked the third highness Huaxi: "What about you, the third one." ”
Hua Xi glanced at the others, held his head high, and said proudly: "Queen Mother, Erchen learned about all the hunting spots near Sunset Mountain before participating in the autumn hunt, and also prepared a topographic map in advance, there is a canyon in Sunset Mountain called Thorn Valley, where there are the most spirit beasts, but it is a little dangerous. ”
"As the third sister, Erchen should protect all the kings, brothers and sisters, and this most dangerous place will be left to Erchen, and Erchen will definitely be able to come out on top."
The empress nodded, her tone slightly relieved: "The third child is really sensible." ”
After receiving a compliment, Huaxi hooked the corners of her mouth, showed a victor's smile, turned her head and glanced at the other princes and princesses provocatively.
Second Highness Hua Zichu saw Hua Xi's behavior, and whispered to Hua Ying: "Eldest sister, it seems that the third sister's actions are bound to win the position of the crown prince." ”
Hua Ying glanced at her second brother and only said, "Don't talk about it in private." And he said no more.
Immediately afterwards, the empress asked the hunting spots of the other princes and princesses, all of which were ordinary places, far less abundant and dangerous than the valley of thorns.
The attitude shown by the empress was naturally the most appreciative of Huaxi, which greatly satisfied Huaxi's vanity.
When they were ready, the princes and princesses set off.
Huaxi took the lead and took his own people to the Valley of Thorns, but was stopped by Huaying before he could go far.
"Eldest sister, aren't you going to the plains over there, you and I don't seem to be on the same path." Hua Xi's tone was very indifferent, obviously not taking Hua Ying in his eyes.
Hua Ying smiled at Huaxi: "Third sister, I was originally going to the plains, but in a blink of an eye, I thought that the terrain and environment of that place in the Valley of Thorns were complex, the perennial fog was thick, and there were many fierce spirit beasts, I was worried that you would encounter danger if you took so many people to hunt, otherwise, I and my people will accompany you." ”
Hua Ying's face was full of concern, but Hua Xi not only did not feel moved, but was a little disgusted.
Huaxi and Huaying are only three years apart, and the two are sisters with the same father and mother, but their personalities are very different.
Huaying regards Huaxi as her own sister, Huaxi has always looked down on Huaying, who has a shy personality with general qualifications, and is unwilling to have too much contact with Huaying.
What's more, this autumn hunt, she just wants to suppress everyone and let the queen mother see her excellence, if Hua Ying goes with her, not only will she not be able to show her excellence, but she will also score prey for Hua Ying at that time. She didn't do this kind of loss-making business.
"Eldest sister, you also said that a place like Thorn Valley is too dangerous, so you better not go, lest there be any accidents."
After speaking, Huaxi shook the horsewhip, and the horse galloped wildly and left quickly.
Hua Ying looked at Hua Xi's back and sighed helplessly.
Huaxi and his party came to the entrance of the Valley of Thorns, because the plants were too lush and there was fog, so they couldn't see the situation inside at a glance.
The Valley of Thorns is full of powerful spirit beasts, ordinary birds and beasts dare not approach at all, even if they stand outside, they can feel the tranquility of the Valley of Thorns, and even the birds in the air have to fly around.
Huaxi glanced at his subordinates: "Everyone cheer up, as long as you can hunt two or three spirit beasts." ”
The spirit beasts in the Valley of Thorns are generally large in size and fierce in temperament, as long as she can bring back the corpses of two or three spirit beasts, she can almost support herself for the scene.
"Yes!" Huaxi's subordinates turned over and dismounted with Huaxi, letting the horse rest on his own, while the people followed Huaxi to explore cautiously.
From time to time, there was a rattling sound in the grass, which made people's scalp tingle.
Huaxi felt that the people below were a little scared, and said with hatred: "What are you afraid of, if there is any movement, just turn over the grass and see what is inside." ”
Then he casually pushed a subordinate next to him: "You go." ”
The man had no choice but to dig through the thick grass, and there was nothing in it.
Huaxi speculated: "It seems that it should be because of the wind, there is nothing to make a fuss about, continue to move forward." ”
In the sight of Hua Luo and Xia Hou Qian, Hua Xi and her people were entering the trap they had set step by step.
Although Huaxi loves to be reckless, she still cherishes her life, letting her subordinates open the way in front and walking behind.
However, it is all in the calculation of the flower.
Flora clutched a rope thinner than a hair in her hand, and with a strong pull, the spikes buried in the ground would erect.
The spikes are coated with venom and can be fatal if they penetrate the flesh.
Huaxi didn't know that there were thousands of spikes buried in the field in front of them, and they only vaguely felt that the valley of thorns seemed to be too quiet.
It's not that there are no living creatures, this depth should be able to see the traces of spirit beasts, how come there is nothing but dense plants.
The further Huaxi went, the more concentrated Hua Luo became.
It's getting closer, three steps, two steps, one step......
Huaxi walked to the middle of the spurt trap, Hua Luo pinched the rope in her hand and pulled it hard, the spikes broke through the soil, and the roots were erected, up to three feet long, directly piercing all the people who had been surrounding and protecting Huaxi, only Huaxi stood alone in the middle There was no circular area without spikes.
Blood and flesh were splashed, Hua Luo and Xia Houqian were hiding nearby, and they were also splashed with blood, and the scene was very bloody.
Huaxi's eyes widened in surprise when she saw her men being nailed to the spikes and struggling a few times to die.
The next moment, Hua Luo walked out of the dense grass with a slight twist of her waist and a graceful posture.
She held two identical swords in her hands, one with her back behind her back, the tip of which pointed to the sky; A sword falls naturally, the tip of the sword pointing to the ground.
In order to facilitate camouflage, Hua Luo wore a pale green long dress, with a wreath of green leaves on her head, her long satin-like hair casually draped, and two white and slender legs looming under the skirt as she walked.
Under the cold mask, the two thin lips are the pink, cherry blossom-like color of a girl.
She stood there, like a fairy in the forest, blending in with nature.
Xiahou Qian followed behind Hua Luo unhurriedly, and at the same time, the black and suppressed elite soldiers with plant camouflage rushed out, holding extremely lethal blades in their hands.