The old man said: "Useless is a scholar, nearly half a hundred years old, Huangquan Road is near, this little bold, what kind of internal strength do you still learn? ”

Chen Lu felt as if someone had let go of himself and staggered forward two steps. Obedient and listening, the old man seemed to know everything.

The old man's words stimulated Chen Lu, yes, he is close to Huangquan Road, what else is there to be afraid of? Do you want to scare a toad?

Chen Lu turned around, walked to the toad in a few steps, closed his eyes, worked hard, and grabbed hard, only to feel the slippery and greasy feeling of his hands, and said to the old man, "Master, the disciple has caught it." ”

"If you catch it, you will catch it, what is it called, Master, and then scream to drive you out. ”

"Yes, Master. ”

"Fuck off!"

"Okay, let's not talk about it, Master. ”

"Hey, forget it, bring the toad. ”

Chen Lu closed his eyes and handed it over. I heard the old man shout angrily: "Is this a toad? Open your eyes and see for yourself, and then get out." ”

Chen Lu is a six-grade official of the Celestial Empire, and after an ordinary person sees it, he is honestly frightened and determined, and the general one has already sifted the chaff.

"The parents who raided the house (county order), and the big Yin (prefect) who destroyed the door", the common people understand this truth, but this old man is like a slave to Chen Lu.

Chen Lu understands that this is not an ordinary person, by no means. He knows that the old man is testing himself, it doesn't matter, since ancient times, there have been Zhang Liang picking up shoes and Cheng Men Lixue, where is my Chen Zicheng not as good as the ancients?

But when Chen Lu opened his eyes, he was holding a flower snake with the thickness of a spear shaft in his hand, he was afraid in his heart, and he didn't dare to show it, so he pretended to be calm and handed it to the old man.

The old man said, "Let it go, and get that green-eyed toad." ”

Chen Lu said "yes" loudly. He's emboldening himself, and he needs to be bold. It takes courage to be courageous, especially to give yourself courage.

After he finished speaking, his eyes stared at the green light, grabbed it, and looked at it carefully, this time it was right.

He is well aware that this is a psychological effect. Tigers, leopards, jackals, demons and monsters, everyone is afraid, that is inevitable.

Fear of these little things, rats, bugs, toads, snakes, this is all a psychological effect. Chen Lu overcame himself and defeated himself, and he thanked the old man.

Chen Lu felt it, and the old man was also observing his every move. Chen Lu had completely calmed down and walked over the toad calmly.

He asked calmly, "Master, where do you put it?" Seeing that the old man ignored himself and placed it on the stone table beside the old man, the toad was lying motionless on the stone table, and his eyes were closed.

The old man said, "Eat for yourself, I should eat." ”

After speaking, he sat on the stone bench, picked up a bamboo stick, cut the toad in half at once, picked it up and put it on the plate.

I took the bamboo strip and cut it into thin slices, and took another bamboo strip, like a fork, and put a piece of toad meat on the fork into my mouth, chewing it slowly, with a satisfied look on my face.

Then he poured some liquid into the teapot on the stone table, and Chen Lu smelled a pungent sour smell.

The old man took a drink, smacked his mouth, and began to eat and drink with taste, as if there was no one around.

Chen Lu only felt that his internal organs were turning over the river and the sea, and twisted his face to the side.

The old man, probably having eaten and drunk, said, "Come here." ”

Chen Lu hurriedly ran over, and the old man said, "There is a toad leg here, you throw it into the basket, it is in your current position, and you are not allowed to move forward." ”

Chen Lu couldn't help but feel a little disgusted, is this old man a pervert, after eating the toad, just throw this leg away, and he has to throw it into the basket. Forget it, just throw it.

He picked up the toad's leg, which was still dripping with blood, and turned around to throw it.

At that moment he found nine baskets side by side, which one he threw into? He looked back at the old man, who seemed to be asleep.

Forget it, throw it away, and you can enter whichever you like.

When Chen Lu was about to throw it, he found that the mouths of these baskets were too small, and he wanted to take a step forward, but just like just now, he couldn't take a single step.

At this time, the opening of the nine baskets emitted light, and each basket emitted a different light.

Chen Lu took a closer look, and the nine baskets were all labeled, and they were written in Chinese characters "一重, 二重...... All the way up to Kuju".

He didn't know if the word was pronounced "worm" or "many". Regardless of him, the nine baskets are empty anyway, so you can enter whichever you like.

So he threw it away, and the toad's leg suddenly lit up, and it flipped and fell into a basket like a juju.

At this time, the basket emitted light, and the two words "triple" on the label were extinguished, and the light dimmed little by little, and the light at the openings of the other shrimp baskets was also extinguished.

Chen Lu felt as if he was being dragged by someone, looking around, nothing, just feeling as if something was missing, looking at his whole body, there was nothing wrong, nervous! He scolded self-deprecatingly.

At this time, Chen Lu found that there were still two green rays of light shining on him in the "triple" basket, and he tried to move forward, but he could move.

When I walked up to it, it was clearly the toad, the one that Chen Lu had just caught, and the one that the old man had just eaten.

Chen Lu completely understood, turned around, and shouted loudly: "Master is really a master in the world, the disciple is presumptuous, Master has a big name?"

"Toad!"

"May I ask Master's surname?"

"Toad, are you deaf? I told you not to call me Master, you are still screaming! Get out!"

A powerful thrust pushed Chen Lu down.

When the fourth watch arrived, Ha San pushed him, and he woke up.

Ha San looked at Chen Lu and slept with his clothes, his clothes seemed to be drenched in rain, and the quilt was still dry, knowing that there was some reason, he didn't dare to make a noise.

Chen Lu took off his big hat and let out an "ah" sound.

Chen Lu asked, "What's the matter, brother?"

Ha San's face changed, and he pointed to Chen Lu's belt. When Chen Lu looked at it, he extinguished a vertical line, and the vertical line that was missing a piece had completely disappeared, which showed that his lifespan was twenty days less, how could he lose so much at once?

He was stunned for a moment, it was the old man. No wonder I felt like I had lost something. This old toad, waiting for me to settle accounts with you.

He smiled wryly and shook his head helplessly.

Ha San wanted to ask what happened at night, thought about it, and swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

Chen Lu went to the big tent to have breakfast and expressed his worries, I was afraid that he would miss the deadline and must speed up the march. Prepare water here and pull some ice cubes with your cart in case you need them.

Everyone set off on the fifth watch, prepared enough dry food, walked to the Buji River, and everyone replenished some water and ice, and continued to move forward.

After more than forty miles, it was all vast gravel and boundless wilderness. The outpost reported that there were no people in a radius of 100 miles.

It was not a desert area, it was all rough and gravel like river pebbles, it was difficult for men and horses to move, and there was no trace of snow, and the bones of dead horses could be seen everywhere, and there were bones of people and camels.

The unobstructed north-westerly wind harassed the mission with impunity. The sun is still golden in the sky, but there is no warmth at all, and there is no place for everyone to hide from the northwest wind.

It is clear that this is a death zone. Li Da gave the order, accelerated his advance, passed through this place, and camped where there was water.