The little snake stretched its upper body, looking at them with a pair of ruby-like eyes, spitting out snake messages from time to time, as if it was asking for the smell of the air.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but a greedy expression appeared on a snake's face, and something similar to saliva came out from the corner of its mouth.
Several people searched the imperial mausoleum for many days but did not find the existence of holy Gu. The apse is now their only hope. If they cannot find it, they can only go to the underground river under the mausoleum.
"What does the Holy Gu look like? Does this insect live so secretly?" Su Yining and others scratched their heads and looked at Li Chuan.
But he also looked confused, shrugged helplessly and said: "I just saw some records from an isolated copy, which said that Holy Gu's body is white and moist like jade, and his eyes are like blood, and he can understand people's thoughts."
"I don't know what kind of bug it is, hey!" Many parts of the tattered copy are missing.
Su Yining shook his head and took out a few marinated chicken legs from his pocket to share with them. These were also prepared in the space. They were paired with broth and soft steamed buns, which was quite rare in this cold imperial mausoleum.
of delicacies.
"We must also seize the time. It is only a matter of time before the second prince finds a way to restrain the Gu insects." But if they leave, where will they go?
The little white snake tilted its head and looked at them with its small red bean-like eyes. After spitting out the snake letter, it twisted its body and glided to Su Yining's side, staring intently at her pocket.
"I put a lot of meat in this soup, so don't skimp on it. Only when you're full can you have strength." After saying that, she put her hand in her pocket and was about to get the steamed buns. Unexpectedly, she touched something ice-cold and slippery.
something.
Subconsciously, he grabbed it and took a look in front of him. He saw a pair of blood-dripping eyes looking at him, and then spit out the snake letter...
"Princess, don't move!" The little snake caught in his hand did not attack, but stood up straight and stared at it seriously. Li Chuan did not dare to move rashly so that she could maintain her posture temporarily.
Su Yining did not expect that he could catch a snake with just a casual grab. Why did this thing look so familiar? Its whole body was not as cold and smelly as ordinary snakes.
Instead, it has the texture of jade, and the skin feels moisturized by jade. It doesn't smell bad but has a refreshing smell, like grass.
At this time, she suddenly said: "Li Chuan, what do you think the holy Gu looks like?"
"The body is as white as jade and as warm as jade, with a pair of eyes as red as blood... Do you think this guy has everything right?" Such a strange thought immediately came to his mind, why can't the holy Gu be a snake?
This is enough to explain why it needs some place with a comfortable temperature instead of keeping it in the woods.
The caught little white snake not only did not struggle, but stared at the broth in the cauldron and drooled... When the saliva dripped, a faint floral scent spread out.
Li Chuan hurriedly picked up the unused porcelain bowl in his hand, sniffed it carefully and said in surprise: "This is ambergris! This is a good thing. It has the effect of prolonging life and beautifying. It is said that applying it can make people rejuvenate overnight."
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Everyone held their breath and thought of the appearance of the Holy Gu. No one had ever said it was a bug, so it would not be a bad idea to say it was a snake. It was probably that the people of Nanqing used the Holy Gu in order to avoid thieves from stealing it.
words to confuse the audience.
The so-called recognition of the owner should be to communicate with the snake and use the blood to become familiar with their taste.
Su Yining's brain suddenly said: "Do you want to eat it?" By the way, can snakes eat broth? Looking at this little guy, she almost jumped into the pot. She didn't want to have snake broth.
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The strange thing is that the little snake actually nodded and spat out the snake letter, and a few drops of ambergris dripped down. Li Chuan's baby couldn't do that.
"Did it, did it nod just now?" She was so shocked that her voice trembled, her hand holding it was a little unsteady, and she almost dropped it into the pot.
The frightened little snake hurriedly wrapped its tail around her wrist, thus avoiding the danger of turning into snake soup.
The lingering fear and joy of surviving the catastrophe can be seen on the extremely human face...
Everyone was silent and had to admit the fact that this snake was the Holy Gu.
This snake was very close to Su Yining, especially after feeding it some fresh raw meat. It was like its food and clothing parent. It wrapped its body around her and wouldn't let go.
"Now that we have found the Holy Gu, we should leave." The group of them searched the back hall and found some snake sloughs as well as some snake-like corpses.
Uma's voice was trembling, and he stared at the corpse in front of him in horror: "Oh my God, what a big snake this is..."
In the huge open space of the apse, there is a snake skeleton coiled up like a hill. Its empty eye sockets and sharp teeth tell how ferocious it is.
This skeleton has been in existence for who knows how many years. There is no flesh and blood on it anymore. The bones are white and still remain fresh.
At the same time, Nangong Mingyuan found a way to enter the imperial mausoleum.
This time he came in person and brought Nanqing's unique mint leaves with him into the underground palace.
"Those who trespass on the imperial mausoleum will die!"
"Take your orders!"
Groups of soldiers also began to search the tomb.
This is a closed tomb, and it is not easy to leave.
"Princess, there is no way..." They are trapped here.
She lowered her head and glanced at the small white snake on her arm. There must be something they hadn't discovered that allowed it to survive here for so long.
In addition, it doesn't seem like the carcass of the big snake was brought in because the entrance is too small after all.
She carefully observed the coffins in the tomb. Each coffin was double-sized. If you came in through the entrance, you would have to demolish the wall. You couldn't just transport the materials in and build the coffin here, right?
"The air circulation here is very good. We have been here for several days and have not felt any stuffiness. This is enough to prove that the air circulation must be good, but we have not found this vent yet."
Su Yining always thought that this vent was probably in the underground river. Although the small white snake could survive by eating insects in this hole, snakes are omnivores and their favorite food is some meat.
The secret guards who were searching for the vents suddenly came back and reported: "Princess, we have found the way down, but the road is not easy to walk."
She twitched her mouth when she came to the so-called road. It was not so much a road as a track for transporting stones. There were only suspended planks like stairs on the entire mountain.
This plank road is made of stone pillars about twenty centimeters wide. I don't know if it has been used for too long, and some places have been worn very smooth.
Fortunately, Su Yining was prepared. When they came in, everyone had a bundle of ropes on their backs, just for climbing. Soon the rope knots had been set up on the plank road.