Volume 8: The Mystery of the Ancient Tomb is chaotic life and death, and the people of today are clever and enmity Chapter 29 of Volume 8: The Silt Wine Altar
Previously, after Jiang Xiaoshu shook the flames, he found that the person who pulled his hand was not a human or a beast at all. Rather, it was an extremely thick and thick mass of silt.
Jiang Xiaoshu looked down and saw that his lower body had been swallowed by the mud, and the whole person was slowly sinking uncontrollably.
In the jungle areas where rivers are dense, swamps often appear to look like stagnant water, but once you step into them, you will be trapped in them, unable to escape on your own, and finally watch yourself be swallowed by the bottomless silt.
Drowning in a swamp is said to be one of the most painful ways to die in the world, and it is not just because of suffocation or the snakes, insects, and beasts in the swamp.
It's because you can accurately foresee your own death, but you can't change it even in the slightest.
In later generations, there was an idiom "unable to extricate oneself", which came from this.
And the situation that Jiang Liusheng and the three of them are facing now is more terrifying than falling into a swamp.
The silt in this trap was specially made, more viscous and difficult than ordinary swamps, just like Jiang Xiaoshu before, but the palm of his hand was pulled by a piece of silt, and he couldn't break free for a while as a martial arts practitioner.
The three of them slowly sank in the mud, and after Jiang Xiaoshu raised the fire and took a look around, he gasped even more - what a ruthless method.
Looking at the big trap that trapped him, Jiang Xiaoshu couldn't help but think of the wine jar.
The stone slab on the top is like the "altar seal" of the wine jar, and the round mouth of the zhang Yu covered by the altar seal is the "altar mouth", and from the mouth of the altar downward, it is a huge "altar belly", which extends down in an arc, not only is it very smooth and flat, but also has four or five zhang as wide.
When the trap is triggered, the slate is pulled away, and the trap starts working at full speed.
When people fall from the mouth of the altar, those who are excellent in light work often try to kick the wall, but the wall is on the belly of the altar, which is four or five feet away, where can they kick it?
Then it falls into the altar, and the mud that keeps eating you is enough to kill most people.
Even if you are a martial artist or have a life-saving means to break free from the mud, you should never try to escape.
Along the belly of the altar with "gecko swimming wall" and other martial arts can certainly climb a few feet, but the more you climb to the mouth of the altar, the steeper the arc will be, close to the mouth of the altar, people can almost only upside down on the wall, but who in this world can only rely on internal force to suck on the smooth wall?
What if you don't climb but jump? But the mouth of the altar is more than one zhang away from the silt, and there are very few people who can jump more than one zhang, not to mention that in the silt, it must be very inconvenient to borrow strength, and it is really very difficult.
Even if you are good enough to jump out of this trap, when you jump to the top, you will find that the small altar has already been sealed, and the large stone slab weighing hundreds of pounds has become the last straw that crushes the camel......
"We are like three fruits thrown into the wine jar, but unfortunately, it is not the wine that soaks us, but a pile of smelly and sticky mud." Jiang Xiaoshu looked at the mud that had submerged his waist, and quipped helplessly.
"What should I do?" Sheng Yushen asked.
Jiang Xiaoshu shook his head.
"You always have a way, don't you?" Sheng Yu Ember frowned.
Jiang Xiaoshu folded his arms:
"Hmm...... Now there's only one way. That is to wait for someone to save us. ”
"Who will come to our rescue?" Sheng Yu Ember asked rhetorically.
Before Jiang Xiaoshu could answer, Liu Lingwei spoke, and it turned out that she had woken up:
"Of course it's Zhu Shaoxia, didn't he fall off, he will definitely come to save us."
Jiang Xiaoshu shrugged:
"Hopefully, maybe he's in trouble there, too. When he comes, we may all be soaked, and then we will take it to the furnace and burn it, tsk, that's a real human servant, worth the old nose money......"
Sheng Yushen glanced at him, but did not answer. Liu Lingwei said angrily:
"Still."
"Look at what you said, if I don't talk nonsense, can I still call Jiang Xiaoshu?" Jiang Xiaoshu smiled, but found that he was sinking faster in this way, so he hurriedly stopped.
Inside the "big wine jar", the three fell into a brief silence.
After a while, Jiang Xiaoshu suddenly said:
"Liu Lingwei."
"Huh?"
"Let me ask you, if our brother really confesses here today, are you afraid?"
"Ah...... I'm not afraid. ”
"Yo? This is quite unexpected, I was thinking, it would be interesting to see you cry before you die. ”
"If you don't look down on people, I won't cry," Liu Lingwei glanced at him, and then said very seriously:
"The original three chapters of the covenant can be said, once I decide, I can't regret it, although I usually talk to you, but I have never forgotten this."
Liu Lingwei pointed to Jiang Xiaoshu:
"I remember that you used to be a very out-of-the-box person, but since I came, you have to take care of me every day, and you can't even drink alcohol, and you don't even have time to think about the woman in Chang'an City in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River...... Although I always cause trouble, you have always protected me from the slightest grievance. Jiang Xiaoshu is the first hero I have met, and he is also my role model. ”
Then she pointed to Sheng Yu Ash:
"Well, except for the sometimes gods chattering, the rest of the time is quite good, as long as you are next to me, I am not afraid of any danger. And this time I was almost bullied, you were so angry, you would rather offend the entire Miao Village than avenge me, thank you so much...... I used to call you stupid in the ashes, you must not take it to heart, it's just because you're a little nervous, in fact, you seem to be quite smart......"
Then she pointed to herself:
"You see, I'm a qualified woman now, right? Isn't it majestic for a woman to sacrifice for justice? If I had hid in Yuhang's mansion, I would never have had such a chance in my life...... So, why should I be sad? I met you and walked so far, we went around to do chivalrous deeds, and finally went to Huangquan here, but this life was not in vain......"
"Damn, it's going to be a while away from death, why are you so sensational?" Jiang Xiaoshu broke his mouth, and then sighed:
"Tut-tut, when I heard that our Liu Nuxia is sensible, I am even happier than winning the gambling money...... Although, I still have to correct you, Chang'an City is in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the Yangtze River has nothing to do with it. As for that stinky little girl, I'll have a chance to tell you about it later. ”
Sheng Yu Ember is concise:
"Ge Dog Zhile, very well."
Liu Lingwei's expression was displeased:
"Can't you just say a few more words? I've said a lot. ”
Sheng Yushen shook his head - he preferred to use deeds instead of words.
"So we're really out of options?" Liu Lingwei asked.
Jiang Xiaoshu asked rhetorically:
"Where did you get your mud?"
Liu Lingwei was stunned for a moment, and then said:
"Chest."
Jiang Xiaoshu nodded:
"When it reaches our shoulders, someone will come to our rescue, just wait."
After saying that, he began to close his eyes and recuperate.
Liu Lingwei had always believed in his ability, and when she heard him say this, she didn't worry at all and didn't continue to ask.
Sheng Yu Ember was very puzzled:
"Are you so sure?"
Jiang Xiaoshu nodded:
"No one will let go of such a good opportunity except idiots, and there is a high probability that some of them will pass by us."
Sheng Yuyan didn't understand who the "they" in the other party's mouth were, but he didn't delve into this issue, but asked:
"Probability? If there's a small probability that something happens......"
Jiang Xiaoshu said slowly:
"Then choose."
Sideways Eyes in Embers:
"What to choose?"
Jiang Xiaoshu pointed to the soles of his feet:
"If I'm right, the mud under our feet is nearly two feet deep, and the three of us are stacked on top of each other, and just one of them will survive...... So, who to choose? ”
Sheng Yuyan nodded and didn't answer him again.
Jiang Xiaoshu suddenly smiled:
"You'd better pray that someone passes overhead. Although I know that we are both quite kind, and we are not afraid of death, it is still interesting to be alive after all......"
"Here we are." Sheng Yu Ember said suddenly.
Liu Lingwei immediately shouted when she heard this:
"Help, Zhu Shaoxia, is that you!"
Who knew that after the footsteps above her head stopped slightly, she continued to move again, and Liu Lingwei was in a hurry:
"Zhu Shaoxia! Help us! ”
There was a plop, and the person above his head fell on the big stone slab, and then a voice came, with an accent:
"Which one are you?"
Jiang Xiaoshu immediately heard that this was the accent of Jinguancheng, and the sound of the wooden box falling on the stone came again, and he immediately determined the identity of the person above his head, so he shouted, and then he was angry with the doctor Si Shen.