Chapter 45: Lost in the Illusion
The princess said, "How is that possible?"
Princess Mu Yizhen leaned over to Peony Yong a little nervously. Although she was the oldest of the four, she was once bitten by a snake and was afraid of the well rope for ten years. This kind of timidity is involuntarily manifested. She said, "Let's go down the hill and go back! What about the guards? Call them over." β
Ula patted his chest and said, "With me and my son here, what do you want them to do? Such a beautiful scene has never been seen in a hundred years." Sister Zhenzhen didn't dare to look at it? quack. β
was so agitated by Ula Quack, Princess Mu Yizhen's original courage and boldness unique to grassland women were stimulated. Not to be outdone, she took a step forward and said, "Hmph! Who is scared? Don't you think that there is great power in numbers? β
The four of them laughed, brushed aside the weeds and trees, and walked towards the place where the yellow paper umbrella had landed. But they hadn't gone far when they suddenly noticed a huge rock blocking their way. The two princesses looked at each other, unsure whether they should turn around.
Ullah quacked at the cliff-like roadblock and said, "Wait here, let me turn around and see if there is any place to climb up." Before he could finish speaking, he had already burrowed into the woods beside him. After a while, he was heard standing on the boulder and shouting, "Come up and take a look! Wow! It's so beautiful!"
Princess Alatten looked up and asked, "How did you go up? You climbed up so quickly, and you didn't come back to call us." β
Princess Mu Yizhen also shouted: "What is so beautiful! β
As if he was deliberately angry with them, Ula clapped his hands and said, "This is a fairyland, I've never seen it before." β
Peony Yong said below: "Don't sell Guanzi, hurry up and let us go up." Otherwise, we'll go back and leave you alone to enjoy for yourself. β
Ulla grinned, "You can't use the way I came upβthat's the only way to do itβ" He crouched down and pulled down a long, thick vine from above, and let them climb up the green vine.
When the three people below finally reached the top of the boulder, they were also stunned by the sight in front of them.
I saw that in a long and narrow mountain col, there were ancient rhododendron trees growing everywhere, layer upon layer, in clusters, and the plants were more than ten meters high, but the short ones were only about ten centimeters, and they were attached to the ground in a creeping shape, forming a carpet. The rhododendrons bloom in a variety of shapes, purple and red, and the petals as fresh as the tide sparkle in a kind of neon light, dazzling.
Princess Alatten muttered, "This can't be, this can't be... She walked down the soothing slope as everyone followed her into the sea of blooming rhododendrons.
Ula croaked and said, "Princess, didn't you say that it was only February, and the azaleas would not bloom? Oh, it's beautiful, it's beautiful... It's beautiful. β
Princess Alatten didn't pay attention to his teasing, but just looked as she walked, muttering in her mouth: "I've never seen this brown flower on its back! Oh my God. She was so shocked that she was speechless.
Peony Yong is also carefully observing these bright flowers and the surrounding environment. At this moment, a thick fog was drifting from all directions, passing through the rhododendron forests, over the carpet of bright red, and through the well-known and unknown mountain flowers and fragrant weeds, as if trying to surround them.
Hearing the puzzled voice of Princess Alateng, he thought and said, "The brown flower on the back is called the brown-backed azalea, and the flower with the bubbles on the leaves is called the bubbly-leaved azalea - it always clings to the big tree or the boulder and blooms... Oh, princess, you're right, these flowers are not in bloom, how can they suddenly bloom at this time? β
Princess Mu Yizhen couldn't help but feel nervous when she heard Peony Yong's warning, she hurriedly walked over from that side and stood in the middle of Peony Yong and Ula Quack.
Seeing this, Peony Yong knew that he couldn't say anything deeper, that would definitely frighten them. Thereupon. He deliberately relaxed and smiled, "Don't be nervous, maybe the altitude and temperature here are very different from the ground, just like in April and May, the flowers will bloom at the right time." But he had twelve strings in his heart, and he felt that it must not be so simple here.
Princess Alateng said, "Young Master Ayong, what you said is also good. But I've been to this mountain twice before, and I've never seen it before. How could such a wonderful place never be known?, well, in my opinion, let's go back the way we came, and I guess the guards will be anxious to see that we have not been seen for so long. Don't we still want to see the song? It's almost time. β
Everybody said yes. So he began to turn around and walk back. However, a strange thing happened, they returned the way they came, but for some reason, they walked for a long time and did not see the roadblock, but they felt that the fog was getting thicker and thicker, and they had to hold each other's hands, for fear of losing anyone.
At this time, Ulla, who was opening the way in front, shouted: "Look over there, something is flashing!"
Through the mist, everyone saw that not far ahead, there was a large strip of white light shining, and this white light reflected the leaves and flowers flashing with small white stars. The four of them walked cautiously, and when they removed the weeds and branches that stood in front of them, they suddenly saw a stream jumping and rushing down the mountain rocks, and it appeared in front of them with a bang.
Princess Mu Yizhen sat down on a stone by the stream and said, "Ouch, I'm scared to death!"
The other three also found a stone and sat down on their own, and put down the small basket on their backs, so that they could be completely relaxed. Ula was the first to jump up and go to the stream to wash his hands and drink, and the others walked over one after another.
Princess Alatten said happily, "It's all right this time, so we will go down the mountain along the stream." β
Before her words fell, suddenly, a strange voice like the echo of a mountain suddenly sounded: "Strange, strange, strange!
The intestines grow outside the belly!"
The four men by the stream, Huo De, stood up, nervously leaning back to back on guard. The weird thing is finally here. When the four of them couldn't find the way, everyone thought of this possibility in their hearts, and the moment they saw the mountain stream just now, they were all relieved, thinking that they were suspicious. As a result, the worries finally came up as expected.
Peony Yong first asked, "Who are you, why did you create an illusion to lure us in?"
However, they did not receive an answer. After about a quarter of an hour, the strange voice repeated, "Strange, strange, strange,
The intestines grow outside the belly!"
Ulla croaked, "Bastard bastard!
Princess Alatten waved her hand to stop Ulla's invective, and said, "Have you ever heard the story of the devil's robbery?"
Ulla croaked, "Do you still want to tell a story now?"
"It's okay for you to listen to the princess!" said Peony Yong angrily.
Princess Alatten said, "It's not a story. I'm just talking about the devil's robbery, and first of all, I will ask the question three times, and if I can't answer it, I will-"
"Oh. You're nowβbutβwhat is this intestine growing out of the belly?" Peony thought to himself, this was not like a word game, and it was not the name of an animal or a plant?
Mu Yizhen and Ula stared at each other and shook their heads. If you really want to guess the riddle, then the time must be very limited, and if you can't answer it after a while, will something worse really happen? Everyone is in a hurry, desperately trying to think of the answer.
Suddenly, Princess Alatten said, "Yes." β