Under the sunlight, the bottom of the lake is transparent, a huge pagoda stands majestically in the clear lake water, the body of the tower is as high as more than ten zhang, it is full of exquisite reliefs, there are hundreds of small stupas next to it, like guards guarding around it, each pagoda enshrines a Buddha statue, carved lifelike, vivid.

"It's definitely a miracle in the history of architecture!" The tower was also well-informed, but he was still impressed by the spectacle in front of him, and he admired and praised it, as if he had forgotten the purpose of his visit.

A sneaky figure hid behind a stupa not far away, his eyes full of fear and nervousness. The tower suddenly rushed over, stretched out his hand and slapped it on the shoulder, and shouted, "What are you hiding? I've seen you a long time ago. ”

"Don't ...... Don't kill me. The guy shuddered with fear.

The tower recognized its voice, wasn't it the timid old man? After listening to the conversation between their brothers just now, this guy seems to have a trace of kindness, do you want to spare his life?

"Leave me alone! I'll give you all the gold here. The old man begged bitterly.

"Is there really gold here?" Tieta laughed and said that although he was not interested in money, curiosity was an innate nature in everyone, and he was no exception.

"I'm not going to lie to you." The old man pressed on the top of the Buddha's head, and a stone slab at the base of the pagoda slowly moved away, and the dazzling golden light kept flashing in the water, which was actually a piece of gold bricks.

"I didn't lie to you, did I? These stupas are all gold, and now you are rich. The old man said proudly.

There was no excitement in the tower, there was no doubt that the gold was a great fortune, but the gentleman loved money in a good way, and he was neither a thief nor a robber, how could he not ask for it? He shouted: "Just for these things outside the body, don't you think it's cruel that a few of you are crazy to kill people? ”

"You're right, in fact, I also feel very cruel, so I have repeatedly persuaded my eldest brother not to kill indiscriminately, but it's a pity that I am soft-spoken, and no one listens to what I say, and I am often beaten and scolded by several brothers for this, they say that this is a rule handed down from our ancestors, and we must unswervingly implement it." The old man said helplessly.

"Speaking of myself so kindly, do you think that I am loyal and honest to deceive?" The tower's eyes widened, pretending to scare the old man fiercely, and at this moment he had already made a decision, that is, to let it go.

The old man's face turned pale and trembled in an instant, "I swear to God, absolutely not." ”

"Alright! In that case, I will spare your life, and don't blame me for not reminding you, if I find out that you are lying, I will definitely come and take your life. The tower warned it sternly.

"You can always come and supervise me." The old man patted his chest and promised.

Supervise you? I don't have that much time to spare! The tower was secretly amused, and slammed its toes towards the lake.

"Strong man, please stay." A large crowd blocked his way, who was it not the otters?

Speaking so politely, it shouldn't be here to fight, Tie Ta smiled: "What advice do you have?" ”

"Don't dare to give advice." "On behalf of the otter tribe, I thank you for killing those villains, so that we will never have to be bullied by them again." ”

"No thanks, it's just a gesture." "But I still have one ...... alive."

"What?" The otters were nervous again, "Who is left?" ”

"Seems to be the smallest one." Iron Tower said that if they weren't happy, he wouldn't mind going down again, and it would only be a matter of minutes to solve that guy anyway.

"It's it! That's good, we know this person, it's not very bad. The otters breathed a sigh of relief.

The tower waved his hand and turned to go ashore, since the guy didn't lie, then he would have more than one thing to do.

"You're finally back." Zheng He greeted him, "Did you bring a living person back?" ”

"Dude, that's not a docile little white rabbit, but a fierce and cruel water monkey, is it so easy to catch?" Iron Tower gave him a blank look, "I wiped them all out with one punch." ”

"That's a shame." Zheng He shook his head again and again, feeling sorry that he couldn't see the true face of the water monkey.

"You don't have to be disappointed, it's like a monkey, there's nothing to see." ”

"Lord Zheng, King of the Iron Tower, our military horses disappeared in that forest." Vice General Li pointed to the dense forest on the other side and said.

"Let's go, go there and have a look." Zheng He ordered.

In the mist, the eerie woods resemble a monster with its mouth wide open, vowing to swallow the intruder. The sailors were undaunted, like a sharp knife piercing into the woods. Each of these trees was eight or nine meters high, as thick as a bucket, with long, dense branches like willows, and many vines climbed on the trunk and tightly intertwined with the branches, growing into a big fat man with vines and vines in the tree. The trees were overgrown with weeds that reached knee-length, and there was no way to go, and the sailors swept a path with their spears and struggled forward.

After walking the Riche Road, the fog was getting bigger and bigger, and it was blurry in front of me. "Keep up, don't be left behind." The iron tower took Zheng He's hand to lead the way in front, and the sailors lined up in a long line, stretching out their arms one by one to put their arms on the shoulders of their comrades in front, and cautiously groping their way forward.

Suddenly, Ding Erniu's feet froze, as if he had tripped over something, and then the whole person fell forward. He didn't panic, he pressed his left hand on the ground, and a carp jumped up.

"Who's playing tricks on me?" Ding Erniu picked up the thing on the ground and touched it with his hand, a green ghost fire flashed in front of his eyes, and then it was extinguished, although it was only a moment of light, but he still saw clearly, the thing in his hand was actually the horse's front leg bone.

"Uh......h ......At this moment, a gust of wind blew, cold like a cold wind in winter, and the sailors shivered involuntarily. After a while, the wind subsided, the fog cleared, and the clear sight that had been lost for a long time returned to the eye.

The scene in front of me made people stunned, even the iron tower was no exception, I saw countless bones scattered on the ground, there were horses, monkeys, and many animals that could not tell what kind of animals, but there were several skeletons and sailors were not unfamiliar, that is, people, and green ghost fires burst out from the empty eye sockets, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, and it looked extremely weird.

"Stop moving, rest where you are, and stay vigilant." The tower ordered, since those military horses died here, it must be investigated.

The sailors sat on the ground, some drank water, some ate dry food, and this journey really consumed a lot of physical strength.

"Tower King, are those ghost fires?" Ding Erniu asked.

"Don't open your mouth and shut up to be a ghost, scare yourself." "This is because bones contain phosphorus, which has a low ignition point, and when it is in the air, it spontaneously combusts, emitting a green glow like a ghost fire. ”

"Oh! I see. After listening to the tower's explanation, everyone's slightly nervous mood became relaxed. A sailor stretched and leaned against a tree behind him to take a nap. Suddenly, the rattans from the tree stretched out like snakes, and in the blink of an eye they wrapped him tightly. "Help!" The sailors screamed at the sudden danger.

Ding Erniu was not far from the side, seeing this situation, he hurriedly went over to help, he held his comrade's hand and pulled it out, but where could he pull it? Instead, the rattan struck along the sailor's arm, and Ding Erniu broke out in a cold sweat and quickly let go of his hand. He pulled out his waist knife and swung it, and with a "bang" the rattan roots broke, but immediately grew from other places, and there were many more than before.

"I'd like to see if you're fast or Lao Tzu's knife is fast." Ding Erniu slashed four or five times in a row in a huff, but the rattan seemed to be in harmony with him, and the growth rate was completely beyond his imagination, and he also secreted a lot of white slurry as if retaliating.

"Ahh The trapped sailor's face was itchy and painful, as if thousands of ants were gnawing at his own flesh and blood, and this strong man would not frown even if he had a steel knife on his neck in the past, but at this moment he couldn't help but scream. He twisted his body and struggled desperately, but there were more and more rattans on his body, and the tighter and tighter they were wrapped, and the whole person seemed to have entered a rattan cocoon, and after a while, he couldn't even see the human figure.

Ding Erniu threw the knife helplessly, and looked at the tower with a look of help, he had already developed a habit of asking the tower king for help if he couldn't do it himself, and he couldn't make a mistake.

I saw all the situation just now, and today I really have a lot of knowledge, and I can't imagine that the big tree that stands still is actually hiding a murderous intention. At this time, there were screams one after another around him, and there was no need to think that someone had been tricked again. He looked around, and as expected, he saw a round vine cocoon hanging from many large trees, and there were people in it who kept struggling, and after a while, they merged with the trunk of the tree, which was really indescribably weird.

These trees are a bit weird, could they be the legendary man-eating trees? Tie Ta suddenly remembered that he had seen a strange man-eating tree in a book, and it was difficult for animals to get out if they were accidentally entangled in its rattan, until they starved to death, and the man-eating tree would slowly absorb the flesh and blood of its prey and turn it into its own nutrients.

That's right, these must be man-eating trees! The bones on the ground are the evidence of their guilt after eating their prey. The tower shouted, "These trees are dangerous, don't go near them." Then he reassured the trapped sailors, "Brothers, bear with me, I will definitely find a way to save you." ”

The fate of the trapped comrades is uncertain, how can the sailors stand idly by? Everyone drew their knives and slashed, but the result was the same as what Ding Erniu had encountered before, the rattan grew very fast, and it was hard to believe that this was the reaction of the plant.

"Everything in the world has spirituality, this sentence is really not wrong, I originally thought that plants have no flesh and blood, no thoughts, no feelings, but now it seems that it is not at all!" "The roots of plants are equivalent to human brains, and if you cut off the roots, you will cut off the nutrient delivery of rattans, and maybe they won't grow." Although he also felt that this idea was a bit bizarre, and it was unknown whether he was sure of it, he should try everything, and there was no better way to do it now.

"Let's leave those rattans alone for now, the first priority is to cut off its roots." The tower quickly made a decision, and now there is no time for the mother-in-law.

The sailors searched carefully through the grass with their knives and guns, but the rattan was as numerous and dense as a hair, and in a mess, who knew where its roots would grow?

"I'm so." The painful moans of his comrades-in-arms kept echoing in his ears, but he couldn't help much, Ding Erniu's mood can be imagined, he angrily smashed the steel knife in his hand towards the trunk of the tree, and the rattan immediately stretched out like a ghost hand and wrapped it accurately.

The steel knife didn't touch the rattan at all, but it reacted so quickly, didn't it? The tower suddenly realized: "I know, these rattans were originally grown from this tree, and when everyone saw that the canopy was full of leaves, they mistakenly thought that the rattan was the head of other plants, and even I was deceived." ”

"Your grandmother, you dare to play with the tower, Lao Tzu will not do anything, just knock you all down, maybe a miracle will happen." The temper of the iron tower came up, although these trees were thick, but there was no pressure on him, first with an iron horn, and then with a shoulder to carry, before the rattan could react, the tree "snapped" and broke off together.

Ding Erniu slashed with a knife, this time it had an effect, the rattan really didn't grow again, the broken ones wilted like frosted eggplants, and slashed a few more times, and the trapped sailors jumped out as soon as they struggled hard.

The tower was in high spirits, and more than 100 trees were put down in one go, and the others were responsible for cutting the rattan and rescuing their comrades.

Half an hour later, all the trapped sailors were rescued, but their faces were red and swollen, and they were itching. Tie Ta took out the skin medicine from the medicine box and applied it to them, and the pain was alleviated a lot.

Zheng He let out a sigh of relief and said, "Let's get out of here quickly, and remember not to touch those trees again." ”

The team returned the same way, everyone cautiously, and after two hours, finally walked out of the cannibalistic forest.

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"Lord Wang, can you think of the real murderer who killed the military horse?" Back in the camp, Zheng He couldn't wait to throw the problem to him.

"Is it a tiger or a pack of wolves?" Lord Wang replied, killing more than a dozen military horses in one fell swoop, it was definitely a fierce beast.

"You may not believe it, but it's a big tree."

"Big trees?" Lord Wang was taken aback, he had lived most of his life, and for the first time he had heard that trees could kill people.

"Absolutely." His reaction was already expected by the tower, so he explained the journey in detail.

"It's a real experience." Lord Wang sighed with emotion, and the knot in his heart was finally untied.