Chapter Ninety-Three: Difficult
Ye Cheng's exclamation startled Zhong Qing, and even the girl Li Xuanji widened her eyes and looked at Ye Cheng curiously. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Brother Ye, you pinched my hands so much!" Zhong Qing frowned.
Ye Cheng hurriedly let go of his hand and apologized: "I'm sorry Qing'er, it was your words that suddenly reminded me, and reminded me that I encountered two forks in the road after entering the cave, if it wasn't for Liu Huai'e's words to lead me here, maybe I would have taken the fork in the road on the left, and now this side has been blocked by boulders, we might as well use the dead horse as a live horse doctor and go to that road to explore, do you think it's good?"
Fengming Cave originally only had a hole, but Liu Huai'e secretly excavated another hole, so Fengming Cave is like a passage in the mountain, Zhong Qing only came from the hole dug by Liu Huai'e when he came, so he never saw any fork in the road, and when he heard Ye Cheng say this, his heart was also instantly lit with hope.
"Great, so we won't die, Brother Ye!" Zhong Qing smiled and jumped and hugged Ye Cheng's neck.
Ye Cheng smiled bitterly: "I just said that I saw that there was indeed a fork in the road at that time, as for the scene over there, I have never seen it, so I can only try my luck first, in case it is a dead end, isn't it worse than here now?"
Zhong Qing let go of Ye Cheng's neck with both hands and said, "Brother Ye, you are always ten thousand times more optimistic than me on weekdays, why are you not as good as Qing'er today." If you want me to say that the bad guy Liu Huai'e can get away with it now, we are such good people, and there are hundreds of innocent children in this cave, can God bear to sit back and watch us starve to death in this cave? If so, I will never go to worship heaven and earth again. ā
Ye Chengxin said, if you starve to death, even if you want to worship, I'm afraid you won't have a chance. But immediately had to comfort Zhong Qing and said: "Qing'er taught me a lesson, how can I lose confidence, it's just to plan for the worst, without further ado, if we spend an extra hour from here, our physical strength and energy will be reduced." ā
When Zhong Qing saw Ye Cheng say this, he felt a little satisfied: "That's right, this is the brother Ye I am familiar with!"
After saying that, Ye Cheng and Zhong Qing were about to get up and leave, but they found that these children began to be a little restless again, Ye Cheng glanced at Zhong Qing, and didn't know what to do.
"You ...... Go, I'm here. ā
Li Xuanji plucked up the courage to say, although her voice was still very slight, but every word revealed firmness.
Zhong Qing smiled: "Then there is Sister Lao, we will come back soon to rescue you out." ā
Li Xuanji nodded, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and hurriedly reminded: "Brother and sister, if you encounter a small purple-red fruit with three leaves, don't eat it!"
Ye Cheng and Zhong Qing both wondered why Li Xuanji suddenly mentioned this, and Zhong Qing couldn't help asking, "Sister Xuanji, what kind of fruit are you talking about? Why have we never seen it on Sanfo Island?"
Li Xuanji nodded vigorously and said: "This fruit is called Forget Si Fruit, you can't see it in the wild of Sanfo Island, because they are only planted in caves, I don't know if they do it intentionally or if this fruit likes a cold and damp environment, in short, I see them often pick some of this fruit from the cave." ā
"Could it be that this fruit is poisonous?" Ye Cheng asked.
"It's something more powerful than poison, and whoever eats it forgets everything from the past, and can only remember what happened next, but the memory is completely gone. When I came to the island, there were several younger brothers and sisters, and the people on the island brought us fruit to eat, which I didn't see at the time, and I thought they were going to poison me, so I spit out the fruit in their mouths while they were not paying attention, but after those brothers and sisters ate it, I found that they couldn't remember everything that had happened before, and when they were brought to the cave, they found that it was the same, and I think they must have eaten that kind of fruit as well. Sometimes I heard them talk about the fruit, saying that the effect of the medicine was weakened, strengthened, etc., and I had to pretend that I didn't remember anything so that they wouldn't notice. Li Xuanji recalled, and still has lingering palpitations.
"I see, now I finally understand!" Ye Cheng said suddenly.
This startled Zhong Qing again, and patted Ye Cheng with his hand: "Brother Ye, are you okay, what do you think of again?"
"Qing'er, do you remember when Chen Zongyuan first met us, Hu Sanxiao and Hua Niang thought that he was Hu Ying, the child they had been looking for for many years?" Ye Cheng asked.
"Of course I do. Zhong Qing replied.
"But at that time, Chen Zongyuan was very scared, and didn't seem to know the two people in front of him at all, now I think about Hu Sanxiao deliberately lost the child, the child was only five years old, ten years later, even though the child's appearance has changed, but the appearance of the parents will not be much easier, Hu Ying was lost when he was five years old, and he is not too young, he must also be very impressed by the appearance of his parents, how can he not know each other face to face?" Ye Cheng analyzed one by one.
Zhong Qing listened and said, "You mean, Chen Zongyuan also ate that fruit, so he ......"
"Although it's just speculation, I think there must be a reason for it, and now that I hear Sister Xuanji say this, I think it's very likely that it's because of this forgetfulness. Ye Chengdao.
Zhong Qing nodded: "Chen Zuyi, Wang Ce, and Liu Huai'e are all deceitful, and there is no good class, and they even use this method to poison children, which is really hateful." It's just that I don't know if there is an antidote to this forgetfulness, otherwise wouldn't these children never remember where their parents and hometown were?"
Ye Cheng comforted Zhong Qing and said: "Everything in the world is mutually reinforcing, I think since there is the fruit of forgetting the past, there must be something to save it, but now is not the time to think about these, escaping from this Fengming Cave first is our most important problem." ā
"What Brother Ye said is very true, then let's hurry up. ā
Zhong Qing said that, said a few more words to Li Xuanji, and then took Ye Cheng's hand and left. Ye Cheng led the way, and the two returned to the fork where Ye Cheng was, and then walked to the left fork.
At this time, Ye Cheng had no more things to make fire, and the holes on both sides were blocked, so he had to hold Zhong Qing's hand along the way and move forward cautiously, Zhong Qing was his daughter's house after all, walking in such a dark environment, his heart was about to reach his throat.
"Brother Ye, I'...... I was a little scared. Zhong Qing said in a trembling voice.
"What are you afraid of?" Ye Cheng then asked.
"You say, if they live here, don't we disturb them when we come? Zhong Qing said.
Ye Cheng smiled slightly, but Zhong Qing couldn't see Ye Cheng's expression in the dark, and immediately Ye Cheng clenched Zhong Qing's hand and said: "Where are there any ghosts in this world, if there is, then they will only live in one place, and it is difficult to see other places." ā
"Really, where do you say they all live?" Zhong Qing asked curiously.
"Dwelling in the hearts of men. Ye Chengdao.
Zhong Qing was puzzled: "Living in people's hearts, can the heart be so big, can it accommodate ghosts?"
Ye Chengzheng said: "Why can't you tolerate it, not only can you tolerate it, but some can also accommodate a lot." People like Chen Zuyi, Wang Ce, and Liu Huai'e, who don't have many ghosts living in their hearts? Some are greedy ghosts who want wealth and power, while others are angry ghosts who want to harm others. All the ghosts in the world, I am afraid that they have a lot in their hearts. ā
Zhong Qing nodded, understood the meaning of Ye Cheng's words, and then asked, "Then did you say that everyone will have a ghost in their hearts?"
Ye Chengdao: "Yes, how could there be." ā
Zhong Qing was really startled by one sentence: "I have it too, what the hell, Brother Ye, what should I do?"
Ye Cheng smiled: "This ghost in your heart is called a coward, it will pop out from time to time, and I can't do anything about it." ā
Zhong Qing knew that Ye Cheng was just making fun of her, so he couldn't help but twist it on him, Ye Cheng shouted in pain, but in this way, the fear in Zhong Qing's heart was really reduced a little.
The two of them walked step by step, although they were very careful, but unforeseen things still happened, I saw Zhong Qing suddenly kicking in the air on Ye Cheng's right side, and his body fell rapidly, if it wasn't for Ye Cheng holding Zhong Qing's hand, I'm afraid Zhong Qing's fall would not be light. Despite this, this pull also made Ye Cheng almost let go of Zhong Qing's hand.
At that time, both of them exclaimed, and a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out, but seeing that Ye Cheng's hand was still holding Zhong Qing's hand, Zhong Qing's whole body seemed to be hanging in mid-air.
"Qing'er, you're not injured, are you?" Ye Cheng hurriedly dragged Zhong Qing up and asked with concern.
"No, Brother Ye, what's going on, why is there a big pit in the flat ground?" Zhong Qing was still in shock, panting in his chest.
Ye Cheng leaned down and picked up a stone on the ground and threw it from where Zhong Qing fell, but soon heard a muffled sound, as if the pit was not very deep.
"Qing'er, don't go to my side, it's better for me to be in front and you to be behind. Ye Cheng said.
Zhong Qing nodded: "Brother Ye, then you have to be careful, I don't know who dug the pit here, it really almost killed us." ā
Ye Cheng smiled and asked Zhong Qing to grab his clothes from behind, and Ye Cheng took the lead. With the thrill just now, Ye Cheng was also more careful, his feet basically never left the ground when he walked, but walked against the ground, and sure enough, when he didn't walk much, he had already encountered four or five depressions in a row.
Zhong Qing was puzzled: "Why are you digging so many pits on this good ground? If it is a trap ambush, but the pit is not very deep, what is it for?"
Ye Cheng said thoughtfully: "The person who dug the pit must be looking for something, and he didn't dig in one place, so he went to another place to dig." ā
Zhong Qing's eyes widened and asked curiously, "Could it be that you haven't said that there are still treasures here?"