Chapter Eighty-Six: Seeing the Light of Day Again, Unexpected
Zhang Xiaochuan was overjoyed when he saw the swarthy cave entrance, and immediately concluded that this cave entrance was the road to rebirth. He excitedly jumped out of the sarcophagus, took the sword, and walked around the big hole, feeling a little reluctant in his heart. After a few moments, he re-entered the sarcophagus decisively, and went down the cavern, which was pitch black, and he pointed his sword to his chest to find his way, and groped forward with a foot deep and a foot shallow. The inside is not very narrow, and many places can be walked upright, apparently most of the places are naturally formed, and later these natural holes were borrowed by manpower to become a secret passage.
This dark passage is not very long, but it is dark and damp inside, Zhang Xiaochuan is not familiar with the path, afraid of danger, he walked cautiously for half an hour, there is no way out in front, a few steps go up, obviously this is the exit. Zhang Xiaochuan bent down, climbed up the steps, and groped for a stone slab above his head. He gently lifted the stone slab with both hands, and the light came through the cracks. Zhang Xiaochuan heard someone talking loudly above, and he was afraid of being discovered, so he hurriedly put down the slate gently.
After a while, Zhang Xiaochuan lifted the slate again, feeling that it was very quiet on it, thinking that there was no one left, he lifted the slate and moved it to the side, and an exit appeared in front of him. Zhang Xiaochuan handed the sword out, supported the hole with both hands, and lifted his body up, half of his body had already exposed the hole opening, he looked around, it didn't matter, and he was dumbfounded.
There were many people around, and many pairs of eyes looked at him in unison, as if they were looking at a monster. I thought there was no one here, but I didn't expect so many people to gather here, and a big banquet was being held, Zhang Xiaochuan couldn't help but be embarrassed, made a grimace at everyone, stuck out his tongue, and jumped out with both hands, he held the sword in his hand, and then looked at everyone one by one.
It's a huge cave with an extremely ornate layout. In the middle sat a man and a woman, this man was forty or fifty years old, dressed as a Miao family, his clothes were more luxurious, his appearance was rough, his beard was thick, his body was slightly fat, and he had an inviolable majesty. The woman looked about thirty years old, gorgeously dressed, but Han dress, she was so beautiful that people couldn't look at it directly, but people couldn't help but peek at it, as long as you glanced at her, you were reluctant to look away. Next to this woman, there was another woman, Zhang Xiaochuan really saw that it was the fairy. On the seat on the left sat Wang Jizhong, Lei Zhentian, and Zhuge Ziyu, Zhang Xiaochuan smiled at them, and everyone hid their excitement and bowed their heads to him. Zhang Xiaochuan looked to the right again, but it was Ban Zhida, Prince Basang, Liu Chengzong, Wang Tian and others. Behind these two rows of people, there were soldiers standing all dressed as Miao families.
The fairy also recognized Zhang Xiaochuan, her face was excited, she stood up, and said to a man and a woman sitting in the center, "Father, mother, he is my favorite!" she pointed at Zhang Xiaochuan and said.
When Zhang Xiaochuan heard this, he was puzzled, and everyone in the hall was discussing, the "father" was full of doubts, but the "queen" was noncommittal.
"Where did the wild boy come from, who dared to trespass into the palace? When King Miao saw Zhang Xiaochuan coming out of the tunnel, he was furious. Because the queen was born too beautiful, this Miao King regarded it as a treasure, always on guard, but he didn't want to have an authentic way in the palace, and saw that although Zhang Xiaochuan was in the dust, he was handsome and very heroic, so how could he not be surprised.
"King Qiyu, he is not a wild boy, he is the martial champion of my Great Song Dynasty, the official worship of the general of the auxiliary country, he disappeared in the war a few days ago, fortunately he was unharmed, but by chance, he actually came out of the king's tunnel, hoping that the king would be clear and gracious!" Lei Zhentian stood up and explained to King Miao. "General Zhang, don't hurry up to see the king and queen. The latter sentence is for Zhang Xiaochuan. When Zhang Xiaochuan heard this, he knew that the situation was serious, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to King Miao and his wife, and said, "Zhang Xiaochuan sees the king and queen, please forgive me for the crime of suddenly offending in the Tang Dynasty." ”
The Miao King thought about his thoughts, sullen, and didn't react for a while. The queen touched him lightly with her arm and reminded him, "King, he is a general of the Great Song Dynasty who was lost in the war, you see, how to deal with it?" "Oh, oh" The king of Miao suddenly woke up, knowing that he was out of shape, and hurriedly said, "As the saying goes, those who don't know are not guilty, since he is the general of the Great Song Dynasty, General Zhang is exempt." "King Xie, Queen!" Zhang Xiaochuan got up and stepped aside, feeling worried, not knowing what troubles were waiting for him.
The fairy saw that King Miao no longer blamed, she said a few words to King Miao and his wife, and then walked towards Zhang Xiaochuan, and when she arrived, she asked coquettishly, "These days, where have you been, so that people can find it." She is beautiful and her voice is even more beautiful, Zhang Xiaochuan was puzzled when he heard it, and thought to himself, you not only beat me that day, but also used poison on me and forced me to fall off the cliff, why are you so concerned about me today, I am afraid that there will be some tricks against me.
But Basang was angry and jealous, and listening to her words, the two of them seemed to know each other very well. The fairy saw that Zhang Xiaochuan didn't react, so he reached out and pulled his sleeve, "You must have suffered a lot these days, right? Suddenly, a thought flashed in her heart, I don't know what vicious way she has to deal with herself, Zhang Xiaochuan woke up suddenly, and hurriedly flashed aside.
Seeing this, the fairy was immediately anxious, "What's wrong with you, you must be too tired, hurry up and follow me to meet my father and mother, hurry up and rest!" she said while winking at Zhang Xiaochuan, her expression was very playful and cute. Zhang Xiaochuan remembered what happened to her when he first met her, and he had palpitations, and he thought of all the hardships he had in these days, how could he dare to understand her amorous feelings.
It turned out that Ban Zhida and others, as lobbyists, came to intercede with King Miao on behalf of Wang Jun and implored King Miao to accept the rebels. King Miao is not stupid, he doesn't want to lure the wolf into the house and cause fire, but he is afraid that they will jump off the wall in a hurry, so he has been vain and wronged, and tried to push and drag as much as possible. Ban Zhida and others found out that King Miao had a daughter, known as Ruomei Fairy, so they had a plan and brought Prince Basang to ask for marriage. If Fairy Mei sees Prince Basang, where will she have the slightest good impression, and it is also a variety of excuses, King Miao and his wife regard her as a pearl in their palms, and they are very fond of her, and they are unwilling to be persecuted.
Today, King Miao held a banquet to invite Lei Zhentian and his party and Ban Zhida's side, which was also to make a stand to everyone, maintain neutrality, and not help each other. Ban Zhida saw that King Miao was resolute, and there was no hope for the rebels to cross the river. Then he brought up the old matter again, determined to promote a marriage proposal, and then everything was easy to discuss, and this wishful thinking played very loudly. King Miao had already delayed the rebels crossing the river, so it was not easy to insist on this marriage proposal, so he had to ask for the opinion of Fairy Ruomei, and Fairy Ruomei said that she already had a favorite person. Everyone didn't believe it, so they asked her to summon her, and everyone had a good look. If Fairy Rose just said casually, where to find this person, he was hesitating, Zhang Xiaochuan suddenly appeared, and if Fairy Rose had an idea, he identified Zhang Xiaochuan as that person in public. Lei Zhentian and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, but Ban Zhida and the others were half cold in their hearts, and Zhang Xiaochuan was even more confused.
When Ban Zhida and the others saw Zhang Xiaochuan's expression and knew that what Ruomei Fairy said was untrue, they couldn't help but feel happy in their hearts, and the flame of hope was ignited again. He stood up and bowed to King Miao and his wife and said, "The king, the queen, if Fairy Mei is the lord of the county, and is a fairy-like figure, the little apprentice is not talented, but he is the son of Tubo, he will be on the ceremony one day, the two of them are made in heaven, they are a pair, please let the king and queen allow me to invite!" "This!" King Miao looked at the queen, and then looked at the fairy Ruomei, and didn't know how to reply for a while. "King, queen!" At this time, Zhuge Ziyu also stood up, "General Zhang, the dragon and phoenix among the people, the future is unlimited, but the son of Tubo is a generation of dogs and pigs, and Tubo is no longer the Tubo of the day, although he is the son of the world, how can he be compared with General Zhang!" "You! presumptuous!" When Ban Zhida heard this, he was extremely angry, if it weren't for King Miao's face, he would have put Zhuge Ziyu to death, he opened his eyes angrily and glared at Zhuge Ziyu.
"The national teacher is angry!" King Miao saw that the two sides were tense, afraid that the two sides would be stiff on the spot, and his face would not look good, he continued, "I have a proposal, I don't know what the national teacher wants?" "The king, please speak!" "In order to thank the national teacher for his kindness and give the two of them a chance to compete fairly, I have a plan. "Speak, O king, and I would like to hear about it." "I'll come up with three questions, which of the two of them can win two games, and the little girl will promise him, what do you think, national teacher?" "That's very good!" Ban Zhida knew that King Miao had given him enough face, and what did he say. Ruomei Fairy was unhappy, and called "Father" twice with resentment. King Miao said to her with a cold face, "I have already made up my mind, you don't have to say more." Seeing that King Miao was so resolute, Fairy Ruomei silently stepped aside.
Seeing this, Ban Zhida said to King Miao with satisfaction, "Please ask the king to ask the question!" King Miao laughed and said, "This question is very simple, this king wants to test the martial arts of the two of them." "I don't know if it's Wenbi or Wubi?" Ban Zhida asked again. "It's best to stop at the point, so as not to hurt and get angry. "The king is right, but the sword has no eyes, and even if there is any mistake, it is the destiny of each one. "Exactly!"
When Basang heard this, he had already stepped forward with two wheels, but Zhang Xiaochuan was ignorant, thinking that I was recruiting someone to provoke whom, and finally saw the light of day again, and when I got out of the hole, I had to compete with others, thinking of this, I smiled innocently at Fairy Ruomei, and Fairy Ruomei also replied with a wry smile. Zhang Xiaochuan looked at Lei Zhentian and the others again, they all nodded to him, and Zhang Xiaochuan had to wait and see.
Basang arrived, set up a portal, and said patiently to Zhang Xiaochuan, "General Zhang, please." Zhang Xiaochuan was helpless, and he was not rude, and said generously, "Shizi, please." As soon as his words fell, Basang began to attack, one move of the dark cloud cover hit Zhang Xiaochuan's head, and another move Mingzhu threw himself into Zhang Xiaochuan's chest. Zhang Xiaochuan took a wrong step at his feet, stepped in the direction, and used the carefree footwork. Basang disappeared Zhang Xiaochuan's figure, and hurriedly turned around to look for it, but he saw his shadow slightly, and he didn't see his person, he was really on the left, and he was on the right, not only could not attack, but also had to prevent Zhang Xiaochuan's sneak attack, so angry that he screamed "wow". When everyone saw Zhang Xiaochuan's body style, some admired it, and some were surprised, but they had never seen such a wonderful body style.
Seeing that Zhang Xiaochuan's body method was so mysterious, Ban Zhida was afraid that Basang would make a fool of himself, so he shouted to the audience, "The king is to let you compete to win, hurry up!" Liu Chengzong and others also echoed the noise, "Hurry up and compete with each other, and win the victory!" Zhang Xiaochuan snorted disdainfully, and said in his heart that I want to defeat him with my body, but it is expected that they will not be convinced, so they will no longer run.
Basang saw that Zhang Xiaochuan stood still, and hurriedly attacked, Zhang Xiaochuan used his true qi, penetrated the sword body, and cut off a sleeve of Basang with a "snort", Basang was startled, his body stopped for a moment, and he attacked again, Zhang Xiaochuan danced the sword, and with a "snort", another sleeve of Basang also fell. Zhang Xiaochuan's sword was connected, and the sound of "sneering" was endless, and many pieces of cloth fell from Basang's robe and danced in the wind, like a butterfly, Basang couldn't hide, and his expression was embarrassed. Ban Zhida, Liu Chengzong and others saw Zhang Xiaochuan carrying the long sword, "sneering" sound, and they were all shocked in their hearts, I don't know how this kid can have such cultivation, and he can control his qi with a sword, but the two of them don't know if they can resist it, knowing that Basang is too far away, but they are unwilling.
Zhang Xiaochuan saw Basang's embarrassed appearance, "haha" laughed, and many people laughed too, and Fairy Ruomei "giggled" the loudest. Basang was embarrassed and angry, and rushed forward like crazy, but Zhang Xiaochuan was unmoved, and Ban Zhida saw that there was an opportunity, and couldn't help but shout, "Lock his sword." Hearing this, Basang made a move of "double hugging the moon" and grabbed Zhang Xiaochuan's sword in two rounds. Zhang Xiaochuan knew that Basang was now very far behind him, and he had the intention to play tricks on him, so he easily let him lock the sword. Basang was overjoyed when he succeeded in one move, and he fought back hard, wanting to take Zhang Xiaochuan's long sword. If his trick is used on someone whose skill is worse than his own, he will definitely be able to do it in one fell swoop, but now Zhang Xiaochuan's skill is profound, and Basang can only ask for hardship. Zhang Xiaochuan exerted his strength slightly, and Basang couldn't move, and after a while, Zhang Xiaochuan secretly intensified, forcing Basang to retreat continuously, and retreated straight to the seat of Ban Zhida, leaning on the table before stopping.
Basang gasped for breath, and there was a strong voice behind him, it turned out that it was Ban Zhida who saw that Basang was invincible and secretly helped. Basang was overjoyed, and suddenly came to the spirit, with the help of the master, how could Zhang Xiaochuan be an opponent. Zhang Xiaochuan saw that Ba Sang's expression was different, and suddenly felt that Ba Sang's strength had increased greatly, and he knew that it must be Ban Zhida who was making trouble, he didn't dare to be careless, adjusted his internal breath, mobilized his true qi, and competed with Ban Zhida in his arms. Basang's face was flushed, gritting his teeth and holding on, how could he endure the skill of the two people added to Basang alone. Zhang Xiaochuan saw it clearly, knowing that Basang couldn't last long, he urged the true qi and swung the sword upwards with force, Basang's arm was already sore, and the two wheels were taken away by Zhang Xiaochuan's sword, but Ban Zhida's internal force was not withdrawn in time, Basang spurted out a mouthful of blood "wow", obviously the injury was not light, Zhang Xiaochuan danced the two wheels with his sword, and threw them to the ground violently, and the two wheels were shattered.
The look on Ban Zhida's face was extremely ugly, he jumped forward, handed a pill for Basang to swallow, and helped him back to his seat to rest, wanting to have a seizure, but he couldn't. "National teacher, the prince has been injured, do you see, should this competition be conducted?" King Miao asked for Ban Zhida's opinion. "Compare, it's definitely wanted, but it can only be compared, please show it to the king. "Okay, I'll arrange it. At this time, Fairy Ruomei walked to King Miao and whispered to him for a while, King Miao nodded with a smile, and then said to everyone, "This matter is related to the little girl's life, and this second question will be asked by the little girl!"
Ruomei Fairy walked to the middle of the hall, like a trick, took out a small snake from her arms, the little snake was only a foot long, the color was green, swarthy and shining, wrapped around Ruomei Fairy's hand, smart and abnormal, giving people a feeling that could not be said to be weird.
Ruomei Fairy beckoned to Zhang Xiaochuan and Basang respectively, signaling them to come to his side, Basang looked at Ban Zhida, and Ban Zhida didn't know what medicine was sold in Ruomei Fairy's gourd, so he had to let him appear first, and then make a plan. If the Rose Fairy stands in the center, let them stand on either side of them, three feet away from them.
Fairy Ruomei raised the little snake in her hand and said to everyone, "This little snake, I have been feeding it with poison for five years, and it is extremely poisonous. This competition is also very simple. Speaking of this, she glanced at the two of them mysteriously, "Which of you can snatch this poisonous snake in her hand first and tame it, who wins, the rules are like this, do you understand?" Zhang Xiaochuan and Basang nodded, but their expressions were indifferent, they were all thinking about how this snake was extremely venomous, how could they tame it with their bare hands, and if they were bitten, how could they die. "Now that we understand, let's get started!" Fairy Ruomei stretched out her arms after speaking, and the little snake wrapped around her wrist, waiting for the two to grab it.
Life is at stake, who is willing to grab it first, the two people slowly stretched out their right hands, and stretched their arms little by little at a very slow speed, a total of only three feet away, stretching their arms can basically reach the little snake, but it is almost a quarter of an hour, the arms of the two have not been stretched out, everyone is very funny, and Fairy Ruomei can't help but "giggle" out loud. "You two should hurry up! My arms are so numb that I can't hold them anymore. Seeing the two of them cowering, Fairy Ruomei decided to scare them again. She smiled and said to Basang, "The little snake will give it to you!" Suddenly her arm moved a few inches in Basang's direction, and Basang exclaimed, "Ah!", and his body retreated sharply. She then said to Zhang Xiaochuan, "Since he doesn't want it, I'll give it to you!" waved her arm to Zhang Xiaochuan again, Zhang Xiaochuan was also frightened and retreated, looking at this scene, the people around him felt strange and funny.
"You two can't compare!" Fairy Ruomei asked them with a smile, and the two of them nodded mechanically. "Okay, you guys stand up again, this time you must decide the winner, okay?" the two of them nodded mechanically again, and both said "not good" in their hearts. Zhang Xiaochuan suffered her loss, and he didn't dare to risk his life, but Basang made his own calculations, "I won't rob it, he will be bitten to death by a snake if he grabs it, as long as I don't die, I have hope." ”
The two of them stood up again, stretching their arms a little more, their hands still inches away from the little snake, and they leaned back, ready to flee at any moment, with strange expressions.
Suddenly, Zhang Xiaochuan made a discovery, his hand approached the little snake, the little snake began to be irritable, frightened, head and body anxiously leaned to the side of Basang, Zhang Xiaochuan experimented and observed a little bit, feeling that the little snake seemed to be very afraid of himself, Zhang Xiaochuan thought of the adventure some time ago, and was sure of it. Zhang Xiaochuan's mischievous head was suddenly mobilized, his palm pushed forward suddenly, and the little snake fled violently to Basang's side, Basang saw that the little snake suddenly approached him, he was shocked, and sat down on the ground.
Zhang Xiaochuan was about to laugh, suddenly his hand felt cold and slippery, raised his eyes to see, the little snake was in his hand, he screamed, jumped up and down in a hurry, waved his arm, but the little snake was tightly wrapped around his wrist, his head was soft in his palm, motionless.
It turned out that Fairy Ruomei had already seen Zhang Xiaochuan's weirdness, seeing that this little snake seemed to be afraid of him, and remembering that after he was poisoned, he was unharmed. When Zhang Xiaochuan had the intention to scare Basang, she took advantage of the situation to stuff the little snake into Zhang Xiaochuan's hand.
Zhang Xiaochuan stabilized his mood for a while, and seeing the little snake waiting quietly, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Little snake, good little snake, you just stay like this!" he slowly stretched out his hand in front of Fairy Ruomei and whispered, "Fairy, give it back to you!" "Isn't this little snake cute?" Fairy Ruomei asked him jokingly. "It's so cute, it's so cute!" Zhang Xiaochuan replied with a smile, just stubbornly, smiling so reluctantly. "Since you like it, then I'll give it to you!" "No, fairy, I can't afford such a valuable gift!" Zhang Xiaochuan said weakly. "You don't want it, I can't bear it. Fairy Ruomei giggled and took the little snake back. Zhang Xiaochuan said in his heart, "It's so dangerous, it's so dangerous!" and secretly shouted, "Luck, luck!" Looking at Prince Basang again, he returned to his seat with a depressed face, and he said in his heart, "I knew that the little snake was so well-behaved, so I grabbed the little snake in my hand first." He didn't know it, but luckily he didn't rob it.
"Now that the victory and defeat have been divided, national teacher, do you think the third game is still comparable?" asked Ban Zhida happily. "Since the victory and defeat have been divided, why should I do more, congratulations to the king for finding a fast son-in-law who rides the dragon!" "Thank you to the national teacher!" "These days, there are many disturbances, thank you for the king's hospitality, this is over, I will leave now!" After speaking, he stood up and saluted the Miao Wang couple, and then left, and the Miao Wang did not stay, and when they went, Ruomei Fairy generously took Zhang Xiaochuan's hand and walked to the Miao Wang and his wife.
She looked at King Miao and his wife with a smile, King Miao looked at Zhang Xiaochuan for a while, and said to him, "Wild boy, I am such a precious daughter, you must treat her well in the future!" "Father, he is not a wild boy, he is the general of the Great Song Dynasty. Fairy Ruomei said dissatisfiedly. Zhang Xiaochuan resignedly agreed, and the queen smiled at them. After King Miao finished speaking, he stood up and said to Lei Zhentian and the others, "In a few days, I will marry the two of them, and the generals will spend a few more days on it, and then leave after drinking the happy wine!" "This is very good, thank you for the king's kindness!" King Miao and the queen went back to the palace to rest, and King Miao asked himself about the secret way, and the queen didn't know why. Lei Zhentian and others gathered around, and they all said goodbye to Zhang Xiaochuan, he could have such an adventure, everyone was happy for him from the bottom of their hearts, they asked each other word by word, and said goodbye to each other.