Chapter 44: Strange Hunting in the Mountains
The meridian system of the human body passes through all parts of the body, and it is inevitable to pass through the fragile internal organs, nerve nodes, weak blood vessels and other vital parts, the internal force is a kind of extraordinary power with strong destructive power, when the martial artist practices the heart, the internal force inevitably has to pass through these critical positions, and it needs to be carefully detoured, if it is disturbed, the internal force has gone the wrong way, the consequences are very serious, the light is seriously injured and vomits blood, and the heavy is paralyzed or even killed.
This is what people often call going crazy. Before Chen Qi entered the meditation practice, he had already instructed the maid to prohibit anyone from disturbing him, but he still let Chen Qi break in recklessly, and the internal force of the operation rushed into the fragile liver, making him in unbearable pain, but fortunately, his internal organs were much stronger than ordinary people, but he was in pain for a while, and he did not suffer internal injuries.
"Go around outside, get me in. ”
"Little master, I was wrong, I will definitely knock on the door next time," Chen Zhen, who had been waiting outside, pushed the door in again, scratching his head and said.
"Hehe, I hope you can remember it for a long time, early in the morning, what happened?"
"Little master, what do you think this is?" Chen Xianbao seemed to take out something like transparent oiled paper.
"This is?!" After just glancing at it, Chen Qi's face suddenly became cautious, "This is a snake skin, where did you get it?"
This is a one-foot-square snake skin, to be precise, the snake molt, is the skin of the snake that grows and takes off, of course, it is not the snake molt of an ordinary snake, because the remaining scale marks on it can be seen that one of its scales is larger than an adult's palm, and it can be deduced how huge this snake is.
"You're going into the mountains today, and I'll go to call you in the morning, and find it near the riverbank. ”
"Could it be that there is really a terrifying giant snake in Lishui?" Chen Qi thought to himself in his heart, and suddenly did not dare to slack off, and ordered, "Xiao Yi, you go and inform the personal guards, and order them to be fully armed, bring bows and arrows, giant crossbows and a few large nets, and go into the mountains with me to hunt the big snake." ”
"I understand, I'll go. ”
"Slow, Xiao Yi, did you see Tingqin when you came in just now?" Chen Qi suddenly asked. Since Xiao Xiang'er became Chen Qi's personal secretary, most of his energy was focused on assisting him in daily affairs, so his mother sent four maids to him to take care of his diet and daily life.
Tingqin is one of them, Chen Qi came back from the martial arts arena in the morning, and happened to meet Tingqin cleaning in the courtyard, so he ordered her to guard outside the door, forbidding anyone to break in, so as not to disturb his practice, but Chen Qi didn't see her, obviously lazy, Chen Qi was very annoyed.
"Little master, is there anything else?"
"It's okay, you go first, order them to be on standby at any time, and I'll be there later." ”
At this time, another maid came in, took a broom, and began to clean the courtyard.
"No need, I've already swept the piano in the morning. ”
"Little young master," after hearing this, Guan Qi glanced at Chen Qi with strange eyes, "Sister Qin took leave to go home to visit relatives the day before yesterday, you don't have to tease the slave maid, the slave maid accidentally got up late on duty today, so she naturally admitted her mistake and accepted punishment." ”
"What? Tingqin went home to visit relatives! really?" Chen Qi was surprised.
"Naturally, the young grandmother personally allowed it, or the slave maid sent Sister Tingqin, she was very happy, she bought a lot of things to take home, today is the third day. ”
Watching the chess look doesn't look like lying, but if Tingqin went home to visit relatives, then who did he see in the morning? Could it be that he was wrong, Chen Qi was puzzled, but he hadn't even admitted his personal maid when he was old and dizzy, right? Maybe it was twins? I hadn't heard Qin say that he had twin sisters.
"Guanqi, you go and see if you listen to Sister Qin's return. ”
"Yes, the slave will go," although he was very puzzled by the young master's instructions, Guanqi still turned around and retreated, and was very glad that he was not punished.
As soon as Guanqi left, Xiao Xiang'er walked in, but her face was very poor and her eyes were slightly red.
"Xiang'er, what's wrong with you?"
"Little master, this morning, Sister Tingqin's family sent someone to deliver the message, and Sister Tingqin suddenly committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam at home last night. Xiao Xiang'er's voice was choked, she and Tingqin were close in age, and their relationship was good on weekdays.
"What?!Is this serious?" Chen Qi couldn't believe his ears, if Tingqin committed suicide last night, then who was talking to him in the morning? He suddenly felt a cool air rise from behind him.
"It should be true, her family came to report the funeral, and it is said that the body has been collected into the coffin. ”
"How is this possible? This shouldn't be! It's not scientific!" Chen Qi muttered to himself.
"Little master, what did you say?"
"Oh, it's nothing, Xiang'er, I have something important today, you go to listen to the pianist's condolences and condolences on my behalf. ”
"Yes, slave maid understands. ”
After Xiao Xiang'er left, Chen Qi's mood couldn't calm down for a long time, walking around, muttering something in his mouth.
"Little Master, the guards have already assembled in the martial arts arena, and they are waiting for you. Chen Qi's arrival interrupted Chen Qi.
"Oh," Chen Qi rubbed his face to lift his spirits, "Xiao Yi, dress for me and get ready to go." ”
When Chen Qi came to the martial arts arena wearing three layers of heavy armor, the pro-guards were already fully armed and lined up in a neat line on the playground, with a straight and upright military posture, but more than 200 people were silent, and they nodded with great satisfaction, and with a wave of their hands, the pro-guards set out!
Chen Qi and his entourage jogged in small steps, and in less than half an hour, they came to the vicinity of the snake road they found last night, because they were going into the mountain today, so everyone did not ride horses, and along the clear snake road, they marched towards the mountain not far from the Li River.
The snake path is very long, and it doesn't disappear until the depths of the mountain, Chen Qi frowned, because the surface of the deep mountain is all bare rocks, which are very hard, and the big snake will not leave a trace if it crawls over, and he can't be sure if the big snake is nearby, or if it is deeper in the mountain.
In desperation, Chen Qi ordered the guards to divide into groups of ten people, disperse the search, pay attention to vigilance, cooperate with each other, and maintain contact. However, the group searched for most of the day, and searched carefully for a radius of five miles, until the sun was about to go down and did not find the slightest clue about the trace of the big snake, Chen Qi could only lead the team back.
On the second day, Chen Qi, who did not give up, led people into the mountains again to search, but still found nothing, so after seven or eight days, he could only give up the search, because the sky suddenly fell a rare rainstorm in early spring, and the water level of Lishui soared again, and finally he couldn't hold on to it, and most of the Chen family's fields were flooded.
In the following days, Chen Qi was busy leading the villagers to cooperate with the Yamen flood relief, busy in the dark, and no one disappeared by the river these days, and the matter of the big snake was forgotten by him.
A month passed, and the torrential rain finally stopped, and the flood that affected the whole of Lingnan finally passed. One day, Chen Qi rarely had time at home, accompanying his mother and sister, and suddenly someone came to the door to send a worship post to visit him, and the worship post said Song Zhe, the first disciple of the Nanhua faction, Song Zhe, this payment is obviously a person in the rivers and lakes, Chen Qi thought to himself in his heart.
Chen Qi ordered the middle door to open the door to welcome the distinguished guests, and from outside the door walked in a white-clothed man holding a folding fan, with a graceful demeanor, it was the brocade-clothed young man he met when Chen Qi was chasing Yizhimei a few months ago, but the two just nodded at the beginning, and they didn't say much.
"Song Zhe sent Song Zhe in Xia Nanhua to meet Chen Gongzi, and I missed him very much when he said goodbye to the past. ”
"Haha, it turned out to be Song Shaoxia, and he was so sloppy that day that he looked at Haihan," Chen Qi said, "Dare to ask a few months ago, was it Gongzi who saved his sister?"
"It's in the bottom that the little things are not enough to worry about. ”
"Hehe, it's just a trivial matter for the foot, but the sister is the pearl of the Chen family, and saving her is a great kindness to the Chen family, and this kindness is unforgettable. Chen Qi invited, "Song Shaoxia, please, I have ordered someone to prepare the best Biluochun, and invite the son to taste tea." ”
Chen Gongzi was polite. ”
The two came to the living room, the guests sat down, the maids served tea, the two commented on the advantages and disadvantages of the tea for a while, discussed the tea for a while, and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of famous teas in various places, Chen Qi first spoke, "I don't know if Song Shaoxia has something important to visit today? ”
"Uh," Song Zhe pondered for a while, "I don't know that Xishanling outside Guangzhou City is the Chen family's property?"