Sheng Weiqiao became so angry that she picked up the train of her skirt and kicked it over, shouting: "Shut up!!! It's obvious that you can't speak, so you caused me to misunderstand, and yet you blame me! Is there any justice in heaven!?"
"Good girl, look there is a small puddle over there. I think it was accumulated when it rained the past two days." After Sheng Suihe dodged, he suddenly pointed diagonally in front of him and said, "It's been there for the past two days. The sun, so the puddle must be clear.”
"What does this have to do with me?" Sheng Weiqiao was confused and looked at him inexplicably.
I saw Sheng Suihe showing a malicious look, and after walking a little further, he said slowly: "Good girl, you can use this puddle to take a picture of yourself! Good girl, she is indeed very good-looking, but... It’s not so good that everyone who meets you will disregard human ethics—it’s really not something that just a beautiful woman can do to bring harm to the country and the people as a brother!”
... Well, the brother and sister then ran all the way into the valley.
Sheng Weiqiao, who has always been delicate and squeamish, and complained that she was tired after riding a horse with her grandfather, Mrs. Sheng, outside the city a few days ago, driven by anger, she seemed to have exploded with physical strength and energy far beyond ordinary!
Not only did she chase Sheng Sleeping Crane all the way into the valley, but even after Sheng Sleeping Crane stopped by the spring and smiled and begged for mercy, she rushed up to him and punched and kicked him. It is the direct bloodline of Mrs. Sheng!
It's just that while she was enjoying herself, she forgot that the person living in this valley was Sheng Suihe's "Fifth Brother"!
So a moment later, Sheng Suihe, who was begging for mercy with a smile, suddenly took a step forward and pulled her into his arms. Before Sheng Weiqiao could react, he had already jumped into the water with her in his arms without hesitation!
After the tragic experience of going into the sea to rescue people last time, Sheng Suihe was very smart to hug Sheng Weiqiao in advance this time, so that no matter how panicked she was, she couldn't hug him back, except for subconsciously wrapping her legs around his waist. , unable to move any part of his body, he could only be submerged under the water and then resurfaced by him.
Sheng Weiqiao, who was caught off guard and swallowed several mouthfuls of spring water, emerged from the water and was about to go crazy when he saw a fierce black panther on the shore not far away, assuming a standard attack posture, staring at him coldly!
Those golden eyes had lost all the laziness and calmness in the memory, and the eyes looking at her were murderous!
And in front of it, where Sheng Weiqiao and Sheng Sleeping Crane were standing just now, there was a deep claw mark on the ground. The force was so strong that several bushes of flowers and plants were dug out by their roots!
Sheng Weiqiao was stunned for a while, and then he realized why Sheng Sleeping Crane suddenly hugged him and jumped down - if he hadn't done this, he would most likely have been killed by the leopard's paw! ! !
"It... why is it like this?!" Sheng Weiqiao and Chu Wu looked at each other for a moment, and saw that the murderous aura in the black panther's eyes not only did not disappear as time passed, but became more and more obvious. Soon it lowered its center of gravity again, and then The muscles in her legs were tense, and depending on the situation, she actually wanted to throw herself into the water to kill her!
Sheng Weiqiao suddenly panicked and shrank into Sheng Sleeping He's arms. As he shrank, he said with a cry, "I just beat you! It didn't hurt at all, and it actually wanted to kill me - this leopard is too Isn’t that unreasonable?!”
"My dear girl, do you now understand the importance of letting fifth brother get to know you?" Compared to her fear, Sheng Suihe was calm and calm, and he still had the heart to laugh and said, "If I were a different person today, I would fight for my brother." You, do you believe that not only would fifth brother not want to kill my brother, he would even help add insult to injury and give you a bite in your throat?"
"You still have the heart to joke now!" Sheng Weiqiao was almost mad at him. If her arms hadn't been tightly held by him and unable to struggle away, she would have beaten the sleeping crane wildly now. "It's about to pounce! If you don't care about it, is it possible that your purpose of deceiving me here today is to let it kill me?!"
Sheng Suihe smiled and said: "My dear girl, your attitude of asking for help is not good! If nothing else, at least you should shout nice, right?"
Just as he finished speaking, before Sheng Weiqiao had time to answer, a dull roar suddenly came from the entrance of the valley!
Then the ground in the entire valley shook slightly, and even the water where the brothers and sisters were sitting set off a violent ripple. Chuwu, who was about to kill Sheng Weiqiao by the waterside, also turned his head to look in confusion, his whole body tense, and his fur exploded. He got up, and his throat couldn't help but let out a low growl of fear and demonstration!
"Fifth brother!" Sheng Suihe's face instantly darkened, and he raised his voice to comfort him, "Fifth brother, don't be afraid, I'm with you in everything!"
While he was talking, he had already taken Sheng Weiqiao and swam towards the shore. On the fifth day of the month, Chu Wu couldn't help shouting at the mouth of the valley. When he noticed Sheng Weiqiao's approach, he immediately turned around and grinned at her, as if he was looking for a place to bite. Sheng Weiqiao was so frightened that she couldn't help screaming and kept leaning on Sheng Suihe.
Fortunately, after Sheng Suihe arrived at the shore, he reached out and pushed Chu Wu's stretched-out head, and briefly said "This is not a bad person" and "Don't hurt her". He quickly calmed Chu Wu down and let the black head The leopard stepped aside, held up the shore with one hand, and then pulled Sheng Weiqiao up. At this time, the sound at the mouth of the valley finally stopped, but there were still some aftershocks on the ground. The surrounding vegetation was windless. The autumn leaves on the branches are falling one after another, which looks both sad and ominous.
The brother and sister had no time to pay attention to their soaked clothes at the moment. They both tried their best to look towards the mouth of the valley, with solemn expressions: "The ground is shaking?!"
Sheng Weiqiao looked pale, "I wonder what the house on the island is like? Ying Jiang and Lu Jin were probably in the room just now!"
"It's not an earthquake!" Sheng Suihe said with a livid face and thought for a while, "Let's go over and have a look!"
After a while, Sheng Weiqiao, who was out of breath, looked at the scene in front of him. He was stunned for a long time before gasping: "This... what the hell is going on?!"
"..." Sheng Suihe was also silent for a moment, then said, "We should be temporarily trapped!"
- What stood in front of the brothers and sisters was the rocks and soil pouring down, mixed with the vegetation and vines that originally grew on them, completely blocking the road out of the valley!
Sheng Weiqiao took a deep breath and turned to Sheng Suihe: "What do you mean?!"
"It's not me." Sheng Suihe was obviously in a bad mood at this moment, and he didn't even call himself "brother." His face was expressionless, his eyes were deep, he looked up at the Tortoise Hat Peak next to him, and said, "There's someone in Tortoise Hat." Traps were built on the peak, probably to take advantage of part of the mountain that had collapsed during the wind and rain two days ago. At that time, fences, vines and other objects were used to temporarily block the landslide of rocks and soil, and then they quietly removed the most critical ones. The place was opened, allowing this part of the mountain to continue to slide down, blocking our way out of the valley! Because these places are originally covered with leafy branches, and we haven't been there for two years, even if we find something different, we will not suspect that it has been tampered with. Just think of it as a natural growth change."
Following his instructions, Sheng Weiqiao looked intently and indeed saw crude fences, woven vines and the like among the mud and rocks blocking the road.
However, this did not dispel her suspicion of Sheng Suihe: "Gongsun Xi came to the island with us this time, but he has disappeared since he landed!"
By implication, who knows if Sheng Suihe ordered Gongsun Xi to come and make this trap
It's not just Gongsun Xi. As the leader of Wuyi Camp, Sheng Sleeping He has many people to command on Tortoiseshell Island!
Even if he was holding Sheng Weiqiao and soaking in the water when the loud noise of the mountain collapse occurred, and had no chance to do anything, he might not be innocent!
But what Sheng Weiqiao didn't understand was why he would do this
"Why did I trap myself and my dear daughter in this valley?!" Sheng Suihe also raised this question, "Besides, although the entrance of the valley is severely blocked, even if the elder brother receives the news, he will immediately remove the people on the island. We all gathered together to dig, and we couldn’t dig it out in less than ten days and a half. But Tortoiseshell Island is an island, surrounded by the sea. If you go all the way into the valley, you can reach the seaside! As long as we send a ship over by then, we can Get out. Am I spending so much effort just to invite you to take the boat again?"
Sheng Weiqiao frowned and said, "Then tell me, why did you insist that I come to this valley with you just now and didn't let me bring Lu Jin or Lu Qi with me?"
"... Ying Dun has a problem." Sheng Suihe's face was very ugly, and the smile that often twitched at the corner of his mouth disappeared without a trace. A layer of coldness gradually enveloped Zhanli's face, and his eyes flickered at the obstacles in front of him. , then said calmly, "I was anxious to come see Chu Wu, and I didn't feel comfortable leaving you at Ying Jiang's place, so I insisted on taking you out!"
Sheng Weiqiao was shocked: "Gongsun Haizhu...?"
Before Sheng Suihe could deny it, she had already ruled out this possibility, "If Master Gongsun Hai wants to harm us, he can do it when he is at the dock. There is no need to go to such trouble! Are you saying that Ying Dun himself wants to target us?" Why?"
"Perhaps he has had too many good times, so he doesn't have to worry about it?" Sheng Suihe said lightly, "The beach leading to this valley is too shallow, and it is impossible for a big ship to reach it. Now that it is getting late, for the sake of safety, the eldest brother may want to go We won't send a boat to pick him up until tomorrow. Let's go back to the cave and make do with it for the night. When we go back by sea tomorrow, I will personally discipline that bastard!"
"I think this matter..." Sheng Weiqiao followed him thoughtfully and hesitated, "I'm afraid Ying Dun did it?"
Seeing that Sheng Suihe didn't say a word, she thought for a while and continued, "You can explain this trap in just a few words, but in fact it will cost a lot of manpower and material resources! Ying Dun is the master of Shaohai, and he is on the island. It is not impossible for one person to be inferior to ten thousand people, to do such a thing! The problem is, I heard Ying Jiang say before that she and Ying Dun were not directly related to each other. Before the death of the old sea master Gongsun, their siblings were actually together. None of the heirs of Sea Lord Gongsun have a high status. If not for Gongsun Sea Lord’s earlier heirs, they would be the only ones left, and it would not be Ying Dun’s turn to be Young Sea Lord!”
"In other words, Ying Dun didn't have much power on the island in the past, so naturally he wouldn't have many capable people!"
"The confidants he can now entrust with important responsibilities are probably those assigned to him by Master Gongsun Hai in the past two years."
"In just one or two years, no matter how skillful Ying Dun is, how can he make all these people come back? He even goes so far as to hide Gongsun Haizu for him?!"
"Then since Lord Gongsun Hai has no intention of targeting us, we should let these people set this trap to harm us. Even if these people don't disobey directly, they will definitely report it to Lord Gongsun Hai in private!"
"Haizhu Gongsun knows, how can he just sit back and watch?!"
"Then who do you think is the culprit?" Sheng Suihe seemed to be a little interested when he heard this. He turned around, touched her head and asked with a smile.
Sheng Weiqiao opened his hand unhappily: "We're talking about serious business! Don't do anything - I'm already so old, so don't do this kind of thing to tease children in the future!"
Then he said, "What I know about the Gongsun family is the few words Ying Jiang occasionally said. Who knows what grudges and grudges there have been on this island? But just now when Ying Jiang and I went to the yard, we saw a The person who calls herself Yan Nunu seems to be the concubine of Lord Gongsun Hai, and is she pregnant?"
Sheng Suihe understood what she meant: "So you suspect that Yan Nunu is jealous after having a child, and wants to frame Ying Dun, the young sea master, so as to pave the way for his unborn child?"
Sheng Weiqiao nodded: "After all, the trap just now seemed huge, but in fact it didn't hurt us at all! As you said, we are only temporarily trapped now. As early as today or as late as tomorrow, we can leave the valley. ! If Ying Dun did it, this move is nothing more than forcing you and me who were originally facing him to be on the opposite side. What good will this do to him? After thinking about it, he was probably plotted! But the real culprit behind the scenes wanted to take advantage of the situation. We have our hands on him!"
"You'll know what's going on when you go back." Sheng Suihe smiled noncommittally. As he spoke, they had returned to the spring. Sheng Suihe hurriedly walked a few steps to the mountain wall next to him, brushing aside the numerous sedges. , looked inside, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, my brother has been sending people over regularly for the past two years to clean and replace the things inside. Otherwise, if there is no boat to pick us up later, it will not be a good night today. !”
Sheng Weiqiao was forced to go to the cemetery to practice her courage the year before last, and she knew that she could leave the valley by sea today and tomorrow. She was not too nervous at the moment - if the leopard had been further away from her, she would not be nervous at all - Wen Yan reminded him: "Did you just talk about grilling muntjac meat? Don't be in a hurry to grill the meat. Hurry up and make a fire to grill your clothes. I feel so cold!"
Did they climb up from the spring water
Before, I was in a hurry to come over to see what was going on and had no time to care about the soaked clothes. Now I figured out the situation, but when the wind blew, Sheng Weiqiao suddenly felt like trembling!
Sheng Sleeping Crane has often spent the night in this valley since he was a child. Although he has not been back for more than two years, it is easy to use local materials at this moment: he made a fire to dry their coats. Fortunately, the weather is not too cold now. Neither of them were wearing heavy clothes. During the time it took for their outer shirts to be baked, the inner clothes they were wearing were almost dry due to the heat radiating from the fire.
Taking advantage of this time, Sheng Suihe asked Chu Wu to hunt a muntjac and two pheasants and come back.
Fearing that the spring would be polluted, Te Te took the middle section of the creek where the spring water flows to the sea, used the dagger he carried with him to disembowell him, and rinsed him clean with the creek water.
In the meantime, he fed offal, feces, etc. to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. He also dug a bunch of ground chestnuts by the water, washed them, and used them as snacks for Sheng Weiqiao.
After packing up the prey, it was getting dark, and there was still no one coming from the beach. Both brothers and sisters estimated that Gongsun Su would not send a boat to pick them up today.
This is not surprising. Gongsun Su knew that the caves in the valley contained daily necessities, and also knew how familiar Sheng Sleeping Crane was with the place. There was no need to worry too much if he came to pick someone up a day or two late.
In contrast, the beach connected by the valley cannot berth large boats, so it is more worthy of consideration for a petite and elegant daughter like Sheng Weiqiao to take a small boat in the dark.
So they didn't care that they couldn't leave until at least tomorrow. They happily moved the bonfire in front of the cave and took the seasonings and barbecue from the cave. These things were basically done by Sheng Sleeping Crane. Sheng Weiqiao grabbed the ground chestnut and pulled it. He followed up with his sleeves, fearing that the fifth day would take him away if he left the item behind.
Speaking of which, this was the second time in her life that this girl ate outdoors.
Compared to the last time I was treated miserable by sleeping cranes in the cemetery, I had no appetite at all. At this moment, the brother and sister are still in harmony, and the game is quite good. The barbecued meat brushed with honey has a golden color, and the aroma is alluring. Charred and tender on the inside, it was delicious - she ate happily and gave the remaining chestnuts to Sheng Sleeping Crane and encouraged him to roast them together. When they were roasted, she found that they had a different flavor than eating them raw. She was very happy. Said: "Let's dig some more before we leave tomorrow morning and take them back to bake!"
Sheng Suihe responded with a smile.
At this time they were still very relaxed and happy.
But after dinner, Sheng Suihe found a large pot from the cave and prepared to boil some hot water so that Sheng Weiqiao could wash and bathe. Suddenly, a strong wind blew from the sea, and the autumn leaves that had been shaken by the collapse of Tortoiseshell Peak fell for a while. It’s raining again!
Sheng Suihe's hand paused while adding firewood, and his face suddenly turned ugly!
Sheng Weiqiao, who was right next to him, noticed it and didn't know why: "What's wrong?"
"The wind has risen on the sea." Sheng Sleeping Crane turned his head slightly, and the bonfire shone on his face, dragging his thick and long eyelashes into deep shadows. In the shadows, his eyes were as sharp as knives, and he looked in the direction of the beach with a deep expression. It was dim, and after a long while, he said softly, "We have walked through the forest all the way here, and there is still such momentum... I'm afraid we won't be able to go back tomorrow!"
"Anyway, there are a lot of prey in the valley, and there are fish and shrimps in the sea." Sheng Weiqiao was startled when he heard this, and then comforted, "If you can't go back tomorrow, you won't be able to go back. At worst, it will be a day or two later, and we can't go back now. There’s nothing missing—it’s only September now, and spring is still half a year away, so there’s no rush.”
When she said this, she subconsciously glanced at the boiling water and covered up her worries: there was indeed no shortage of food, but she did not bring a change of clothes into the valley. If she was forced to stay in the valley for a long time, how to solve this problem
At this moment, Sheng Suihe had no time to think about his sister's troubles, and said quietly: "Although I am not good at predicting the weather, I know that there are many old people on the island who are good at it. Although it is not very safe to take a small boat at night, I thought if my eldest brother knew There will be strong winds tonight, and people will definitely be sent to pick them up immediately. At worst, they will send a big ship to pick them up from afar. After all, we won't be trapped here for a long time. But he didn't do that. My dear, you tell me, he didn't want to do that. , or are you too busy to take care of yourself that’s why you couldn’t do this?”
Sheng Weiqiao was startled. Thinking of his speculation just now, a chill suddenly rose up from his spine!