Before Murong Danyan finished speaking, everyone's hearts were pang, and then they thought: "This little girl is too whimsical, how can there be such a giant snake in the world?"

Situ Qiao continued: "If Lao Zhu hadn't lied, the ancestor of the Zhu family would have fallen into the cave after breaking into the wing, and happened to be discovered by the giant snake in the cave and swallowed him. As far as I know, large snakes that are more than two feet long are non-venomous snakes. Their means of killing people are either to entangle them with their bodies and strangle them to death, or to swallow them alive in their wombs, dissolving them into intangibility. The ancestor of the Zhu family was finally skinned off and became a bloody man, which is thought to be caused by being dissolved in the belly of the snake......"

When he said this, the Qingfeng Daoist suddenly said: "Since you said that the giant snake is hiding in this big cave, and the ancestors of the Zhu family were finally thrown into the valley outside the cave, doesn't it mean that the giant snake can drill out of this cave and out of the cave?

Situ Qiao nodded and said, "What the Taoist said is right, I am planning to do so." ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Yong and the others thought in their hearts that the big hole in the wing room was so big, and the giant snake must be not small. Since this snake can burrow out of the belly of the mountain, we can naturally escape by the snake path. Thinking of this, everyone's faces showed joy.

Seeing that everyone was elated, Situ Qiao couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Don't be happy too early, everyone. Even if this big hole can indeed lead beyond the belly of the mountain, we still have to solve two problems. One is that the cave is bottomless, and although the walls of the cave are uneven, it is extremely difficult to go down to the bottom of the cave. Second, even if we can go down to the bottom of the cave, if there is a giant snake in the cave, how can we deal with it?"

After listening to Situ Qiao's words, everyone poured down like a basin of cold water, and stayed in the local area. Zhu Sanjia was quite bold, and said in a rough voice: "I just took a look, the big hole is surrounded by strange rocks, with the skills of our people, it is not difficult to climb down." As for the giant snake in the cave, I have a method, but I don't know if it works......"

When he said this, he did not say anything. Murong Danyan was anxious in his heart, and urged him: "Brother Zhu, at this time, what are you still selling? ”

Zhu Sanjia smiled and said, "The beasts and poisons in the world, except for us, are afraid of fire. Although we don't have torches in our hands, we can tear down the main hall and the wings, split the beams and wooden doors and windows into firewood, light them and throw them down from the hole. If there is really a giant snake in the cave, when it sees the fire, it will naturally flee far away. At that time, we climbed to the bottom of the cave, and naturally the road was smooth......"

Before he finished speaking, Murong Danyan had already clapped his hands and praised: "Good strategy! Brother Zhu, you really have you!"

Zhu Sanjia scratched his head and said: "Miss Murong doesn't know, when my old Zhu joined the army in Xuanfu and fought Tartars, he often stayed in the sandbar at night. There is a black snake in the sand, no more than half a foot long, but it is extremely poisonous. This kind of black snake likes to come out at night to hunt, and when it swims quietly, there are often brothers who are bitten to death by black snakes in their sleep. Then we came up with a way to light a fire before camping. The serpent sensed the heat of the fire, and he avoided it, not daring to come near. It was just now that I thought of this, and I had the courage to tell the heroes this method. ”

Everyone discussed it for a while, and they all felt that Zhu Sanjia's method was feasible, so they should start to prepare. The people first searched the other rooms, but the rooms were empty, but there was nothing unusual. So the people gathered together in the main hall, drew their swords, and began to demolish the house. This main hall is built of wood and bricks, although it is extremely strong, everyone is good at martial arts, and the swords in their hands are all divine weapons, extremely sharp. In just half an hour, the roof of the main hall had been torn down. Later, Liu Yong, Qingfeng Daoren, Chu Danyang, Xu Cheng and the four of them each exerted their internal strength, and they actually broke all the eight pillars of the main hall. I heard a loud "boom", and the main hall collapsed.

They drew gourds in the same way, and removed the roofs of the wings on the left and right, leaving only the room with a big hole on the left. Then they split the large pieces of beams into foot-long strips with swords, and all of them were moved to the side of the hole, ready to be lit and thrown into the hole.

After working so busy for more than an hour, the door of the only remaining wing room was piled up like a hill of wooden sticks. Seeing that everything was ready, Liu Yong first untied the acupoints on Deng Yao and Lin Yilang, and said to the two: "Gang Master Deng, Master Lin, although we have a dispute, we are trapped here now, and we must get out as soon as possible." Both of them are sensible people, and Liu doesn't want to say anything more if he says too much. If there is still infighting at this time, I'm afraid that none of us will be able to get out. At that time, the more than 10,000 gangs of the beggar gang and more than 1,000 disciples of the Songshan faction lost the leadership of two of them, and they had to be torn apart. What happened today, Liu can be regarded as a misunderstanding, and I hope that the two of them will abandon their prejudices and work together to get rid of this difficulty. ”

Liu Yong said this, paused slightly, and then continued: "If the two of you no longer have a dislike for Liu, Liu can act as if nothing happened before." The Huashan faction, the beggar gang and the Songshan faction are still in the same breath and are horns of each other. ”

Deng Yao and Lin Xinlang couldn't help but glance at each other. Both of them knew the meaning of Liu Yong's words, as long as the two of them did not move again, Liu Yong could not blame the past. Deng and Lin are most worried that after Liu Yong and others left here, they exposed the ugly deeds of the two in front of the group of heroes, and at that time, the beggar gang and the Songshan faction will be disgraced and will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes. It was precisely because of this scruple that the two of them had this scruple before, so they repeatedly poisoned everyone. At this time, hearing Liu Yong say this, he almost couldn't believe his ears.

Deng Yao said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Liu, are you serious?"

Liu Yong said in a deep voice: "Although Liu is not talented, he has always practiced what he says. If Liu has the slightest deception, teach Liu to die without a place to be buried!"

Deng Yao and Lin Yilang knew that Liu Yong was famous in the rivers and lakes and was the most trustworthy. At this time, listening to him swear a heavy oath, a heart was put into his stomach at once. Lin Yilang hugged his fists and said: "Mr. Liu doesn't care about the villain, and he is grateful. In the future, if there is a command, it will be followed by death!"

Deng Yao also said a few polite words, and then helped everyone carry the wood with Lin Yilang. Murong Danyan whispered to Li Qiufeng: "Mr. Liu is magnanimous, but I am afraid that Deng and Lin will not give up." ”

Li Qiufeng nodded and whispered, "We have to watch out for the two of us, in case they break out and hurt people." ”

At this time, this fake meditation temple has become a ruined wall, and only the only remaining half of the wing room is piled up with a hill of wood outside the door. Situ Qiao lit the wooden strips with a fire breaker, and when the fire got bigger, everyone worked together to push all the wooden strips that ignited the fire into the big hole.

By the light of the burning fire, the people looked into the cave. But I saw that the cave wall was full of strange rocks, and there were many grass trees whose names I didn't know. Seeing the fire falling to the bottom of the cave, the light of the fire became smaller and smaller, and at last, it finally became dark again.

At this moment, I suddenly heard Murong Danyan say: "I saw that there seems to be a rope on the cave wall on the left......"

Before she finished speaking, everyone's hearts sank. Xu Chenghe said nervously: "It can't be that the snake has already climbed up, right?"

Murong Danyan shook his head and said, "It's not like a snake." I saw that the rope was black, only arm-thick, and very long......"

When the fire fell, everyone stared at the flames. Murong Danyan was a girl after all, and her heart was as careful as hair, and she faintly saw that there was a black line on the wall of the cave, which hung straight from the entrance of the cave to the cave. Situ Qiao asked the direction clearly, found the edge of the cave on the left side according to the direction Murong Danyan said, squatted down and held the fire fold to the hole. After a while, I saw Situ Qiao stretching his right hand into the cave, and everyone heard a strange sound of "bang-la-la", and their hearts were shocked.

But I heard Situ Qiao laugh and said, "Boy, there is really you." Fortunately, you were careful and found out that there is an iron chain here!"

After he finished speaking, his right hand pulled upwards vigorously, only to hear the sound of "bang, bang, bang", and a black iron chain with a thick bowl mouth had been pulled out of the cave by him.

Everyone was shocked and couldn't help but look at each other. After Situ Qiao pulled up the iron chain for two or three zhang, he wrapped the iron chain around his right arm, and said with a smile: "You can really come whatever you want, it turns out that there is an iron chain on the wall of this cave, which is convenient for someone to climb up and down." It seems that this big hole is not for snakes, and there must be something hidden underneath. Nine times out of ten, that giant snake was used by Yao Guangxiao to guard the secrets hidden in this big cave. ”

When Situ Qiao said this, he looked at Liu Yong and said, "Mr. Liu, if we want to go down to the bottom of the cave, we can hold on to this iron chain and go down." I don't know what you think?"

Liu Yong saw that an iron chain suddenly appeared on the wall of the cave, and he was very happy at first. It's just that after thinking about it, since Yao Guangxiao has installed iron chains in this cave, this place must not be as simple as the snake cave, but I am afraid that the hole will be full of mechanisms and killing machines. At the thought of this, his heart rose to his throat again. Hearing Situ Qiao ask if he should enter this big cave, he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he had to say to Qingfeng Daoren, Chu Danyang and the others, "What are your plans?"

Qingfeng Daoist pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Since we have no way out, it is better to enter the cave and find out." Even if this is the Longtan Tiger's Den, it is better than being trapped here. ”

Chu Danyang, Xu Chenghe and others also agreed. Liu Yong made up his mind, discussed carefully with everyone, and decided to enter the cave immediately to find a way out of the mountain. After everyone agreed, Situ Qiao first grabbed the iron chain and climbed down the cave, followed by Liu Yong, Qingfeng Daoren, Chu Danyang, Lin Yilang, Deng Yao, Xu Chenghe, Zhu Sanjia, Murong Danyan, and Li Qiufeng.

Li Qiufeng was the last to go down the hole. He leaned down first, and with his left hand he held the fire fold and shone it into the cave. But I saw that a large iron ring was embedded in the cave wall a few feet away from the entrance of the cave. A black iron chain was attached to the iron ring, which hung straight to the bottom of the cave. Li Qiufeng grabbed the iron ring with his right hand, turned over, and jumped into the hole. After stepping on the wall of the cave, he extinguished the fire, took the fire fold into his arms, stepped on the wall of the cave with both feet, alternately held the iron chain with both hands, and slowly landed to the bottom of the cave.

(End of chapter)