A gust of spring breeze struck, and the branches swayed happily, and the young leaves trembled with the branches.

It's another season of sowing.

It's another hard work.

The refreshed Ying Zheng gently hugged Hu Yu in his arms, and his breath gradually calmed down.

After the enthusiasm cooled down little by little, Ying Zheng remembered what he was going to say.

"Hu Yu, the widow asks you a question." Ying Zheng said softly.

"Hmm." Hu Yu, whose face was still ruddy, seemed to be lazy and didn't want to say a few more words, or he was still immersed in his mind and didn't want to come back to his senses.

"If, the widow is saying if." Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "The widow wants to choose one of the two sons and send him to another country as a proton, what do you think?" ”

Hu Yu turned over, and his eyes suddenly became sharp: "The king is today, but with that Xiang Yan... Take this as a covenant? ”

Looking at Hu Yu's flashing eyes, Ying Zheng said with a smile: "Look at you, what are you nervous about." That Xiang Yan proposed to take Nansu and Fusu back to Chu, but the widow refused. ”

Hu Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I scared the concubine, I thought that the king sent Hu Hai out." ”

Looking at Hu Yu's swelling. With red cheeks, Ying Zheng couldn't help asking, "How can you be sure that you are sending Hu Hai out?" ”

"It's not clear." Hu Yu curled his lips and said, "The king is talking to Xiang Yan of Chu State today, and Sister Nansu is the princess of Chu State, if Fusu is sent to Chu State, it can only be said that he will go back to see his grandfather, and he can't be considered to be a proton, besides, what is the use of such a proton for Chu State, not only will it not be able to restrain Daqin, but it will lose the opportunity to compete for the crown prince." ”

Ying Zheng sat up, looked at Hu Yu with extremely strange eyes, and exclaimed, "You have such knowledge? ”

"After following the king for a long time, I naturally have to think about more things, not to mention that there is really nothing else to do in this palace all day." Hu Yu said.

Ying Zheng nodded slightly, and said slowly: "You're right, that Xiang Yan said that, it's just a cover, if Nansu really goes back, it won't be easy to come back, and then the widow will pay a greater price." Therefore, the widow will not let their mother and son leave Xianyang for half a step. ”

Hu Yu asked a little puzzled: "This is strange, didn't the king return to Zhao State with his concubines a while ago, why did he mind his sister returning to Chu State so much?" ”

Ying Zheng sighed lightly and said, "Of course there are differences between you. ”

"First, the ancestors once imprisoned King Chu Huai until his death, and the whole Chu State has been haunted by this matter, so the successive generations of Qin Jun have not entered the Chu realm."

"Second, this time the state of Chu came on the surface for the affairs of the Western Chu army, but the fundamental reason is not because Bai Qi laid down their Yingdu, over the years, they have always changed their demands, and this time for the state of Chu, it is the best opportunity."

Therefore, once Nansu returned to Chu with Fusu, presumably the king of Chu would use this as an excuse to force the widow to return Yingcheng. Perhaps, when he sent Nansu to choose a concubine, he had already planned to do so. ”

Hu Yu opened his mouth wide and exclaimed, "Huh? I didn't expect the mystery here to be so deep. ”

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Perhaps, the Chu State has married several beautiful princesses in the clan into Great Qin for several generations, all for this purpose. ”

Hu Yu: "......"

"Okay, don't think about it, these things, the widow can only tell you." Ying Zheng said, "Don't talk about this to Nansu. ”

"Uh-huh!" Hu Yu nodded vigorously.

Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment, but finally did not say anything about the agreement with Xiang Yan.

Early in the morning of the second day, Xiang Yan came to say goodbye, and then returned to Chu with two thousand flying crossbows quite proudly.

Ying Zheng ordered Meng Tian to set off for Lishan with part of the Mengjia army first, and repaired the official road in advance, so that the large army behind could quickly accompany him.

Meng Wu also sent back news, saying that the northern part of Longxi had been planned, and they were waiting for Solin and them to move over.

Ying Zheng was overjoyed, and wrote a reply to Meng Wu and asked him to continue

Stay in Longxi until all the Yiqu is settled down and then return to Xianyang.

After another three days, Yingzheng rectified the government, and then took the Meng Jiajun and Jing Jiaban to set foot on the road to Lishan again.

And this time, Ying Zheng brought a large amount of grain and grass baggage, and it seemed that he was going to stay there.

The official road is very smooth, and there is no obstacle along the way, and it seems that Meng Tian is very meticulously repaired in front.

The group marched all day, and once again came to the foot of Lishan Mountain, only to see that Meng Tian's men and horses had already set up a checkpoint.

After adjusting the queue, the Meng family army drove into the hinterland of Lishan.

The appearance of the secret room of the divine soldier has not changed, except that there is less snow, more tender grass, a little less desolation, and a lot more vitality.

Ying Zheng ordered the people to clean up the secret room, and let the army set up camp in the original place.

The forbidden land has always been guarded, and now, it is finally time to hand over.

After everything was settled, Ying Zheng didn't care about resting, and took Li Si towards the cave.

"The king is so anxious, but he wants to see him?" Li Si asked in a low voice.

"Not bad." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "It's close to summer now, and according to the date we expected before, it has been postponed for a few days, and I don't know if those two seniors will pick it up." ”

"The Sword Comes"

"Probably not." Li Si said quite firmly, "They all know that the king has something important to do. ”

"Well, I hope so." After Li Siyi said, Ying Zheng's heart also relaxed a lot.

When he arrived at the cave, Ying Zheng stepped directly into the door, but Li Si looked at the stone wall on the side, and after smiling slightly, he followed Ying Zheng into the cave.

The fog vapor in the cave was much thicker than before, and after not going far, I felt that my vision was blocked, as if I was in a fairyland.

Ying Zheng slowed down and continued to walk forward vaguely along the familiar path.

I heard the sound of the underground river flowing in my ears, but it seemed to be a few points faster than before.

As we continued to move forward, the fog grew thicker, and when I reached out, I could only see a rough outline.

Ying Zheng stopped and asked softly, "Sir, what should I do ahead?" ”

However, no one responded.

"Sir?" Ying Zheng became alert and looked back.

However, Li Si was not seen.

Li Si was obviously on his side, no matter how thick the fog was, he would definitely not see a silhouette.

"Where are you, sir?" Ying Zheng was a little anxious, and cautiously explored the direction he came.

Still no one responded.

Ying Zheng panicked, a sense of crisis suddenly appeared, and unconsciously squatted down, listening carefully to the movements around him.

The vision is seriously blocked, the companions around you have disappeared for no reason, and they are already in a very dangerous situation, in such a situation, anyone will have instinctive fear.

However, Ying Zheng was only frightened for a few breaths, and then calmed down a little.

Wrong!

Li Si is so good at kung fu that even if he encounters danger, he will definitely not even have time to shout.

And even if there was a power that could make Li Si disappear instantly, it was categorically not at all sound, and nothing unusual at all.

The only possibility is that Li Si found something wrong and quietly followed the past.

No, with Li Si's cautious character, he would never throw himself in such an environment.

What the hell is going on?

Although he calmed down, Ying Zheng still didn't figure out what was going on.

While concentrating, Ying Zheng's soles tripped over something, and he fell to the ground with a pop.

Ying Zheng sat up and looked in the direction where he had tripped him, but the lower his gaze was, the thicker the mist seemed to be, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

"Is that you, sir?" Ying Zheng crawled there and explored the past.

However, he did not touch anything.

It's weird, I tripped and I couldn't touch anything.

Ying Zheng was half-squatting

, groping forward little by little.

At this time, not far from him, a series of sounds suddenly sounded.

Rustling...... Rustling......

The voice...... It sounds familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere.

didn't have time to think about it, Ying Zheng groped in that direction.

After about a mile of progress, he suddenly felt a hot breath blowing in his face, and there was a faint fishy smell, like the gasp of a strange beast.

"Senior Jair, is that you?"

Ying Zheng took a few more steps in the direction where the heat was blowing.

"Yu-senpai? Where are you? ”

In the direction where the heat was blowing, there was a faint hint of something shaking.

Ying Zheng reached out to test it, his fingers slowly moving there.

Slowly, slowly......

Finally, Ying Zheng's finger touched the thing he didn't know what it was.

It's smooth to the touch, but it's hard as bone.

Ying Zheng also stretched out his other hand, but found that the thing in front of him seemed to be a cone-shaped bone-like thing, and when he touched it up, the lower end was very sharp.

What is it?

While thinking about it, this thing actually came out of his hand and flew to nowhere.

There was another rustle in front of him.

Ying Zheng remembered that this sound was the sound of Candle Jiuyou moving his body and rubbing against the ground.

So what I touched just now, is it ......

The fangs of the Nine Candles?

Ying Zheng stood up and was about to ask, but was tripped and fell to the ground again.

Before Ying Zheng could get up, faintly, a bloody mouth had already appeared in front of him, and the fishy breath from his mouth blew away the fog in front of him, and the blood-red tongue swayed in front of Ying Zheng's eyes, and the saliva on it also dripped down a drop, which was falling on Ying Zheng's forehead.

"Candle Nine Shadows Senior!" At the critical moment, Ying Zheng yelled.

The big snake's movements stopped for the time being, and then left Yingzheng about a foot away.

"Hiss...... Do you recognize this year? The serpent's muffled voice came.

Ying Zheng hurriedly got up, patted the dirt on his body, and said, "Don't you know your predecessors?" ”

"Your breath is very strange." "However, since you know the name of this year, then sit on the tip of your tail and go to a place where there is no fog, and let this year see you." ”

As soon as the voice fell, a huge snake tail had been thrown at Yingzheng's feet.

Ying Zheng leaned down, touched the snake's tail, and rode up.

The snake's tail moved, and Yingzheng stumbled and hurriedly fell on the snake's tail.

I don't know how far I walked, the fog gradually faded, and the scene in front of me gradually became clear.

After passing through a hole, the light brightened and the fog disappeared.

Ying Zheng looked around and saw that he had come to an open place, so he turned over and jumped off the snake's tail.

The serpent went around in half a circle and turned back.

A man and a beast were three feet away and looked at each other.

Seeing the big snake opposite, Yingzheng couldn't help but be stunned.

Although this big snake also has only one eye, its body is much larger than the one Ying Zheng has seen, and its skin is not pure black, but slightly blue.

"Senior...... But the candle nine shadows? Ying Zheng asked cautiously.

"Yes, this year." Candle Jiuyou said, "Who are you?" ”

Ying Zheng was puzzled: "I haven't seen my predecessors for a year, so I guess my seniors won't remember it." ”

"Say your name!" Candle Jiu said coldly.

"In Xia Yingzheng." Ying Zheng held his head high.

"Hiss......" Candle Jiuyou let out a burst of spitting sounds, "Sure enough, it's you, King Qin." ”

Ying Zheng seemed to understand something: "Could it be that the predecessor is not the previous Candle Jiuyou?" ”

"Hiss......" Candle Jiuyou said, "Yes, the previous one is the sister of this year, it is incubating eggs in Jiuyou at this time, and here, it will be taken over by this year in the future." ”