After retreating from the apes, Liu Qi ordered the Bronze Man Guards to conduct a brief inspection of the four carriages. Except for the carriage shed being smashed by the apes, there were no other serious problems. The carriages were traveling as usual.
Liu Qi and Chen Wen rode ahead to explore the road, while E Huan also rode beside and led four carriages forward.
After walking for a while, the ancient forest road seemed to be in a swamp. It became narrower and narrower as we walked, and it became more and more difficult for carriages to pass. After everyone once again confirmed that this road would lead to the original forest, they could only choose one way until it was dark.
The deeper you go, the muddy the trail becomes, with shrubs and weeds knee-deep. Occasionally, a few snakes with colorful patterns pass under the horses' hooves.
Having learned the lesson of hunting the Yangtze crocodile, Liu Qi ordered not to kill as much as possible. In this weird primitive forest, not even an ant can be easily trampled to death, nor a water snake can be killed randomly. Who knows what kind of elves will be offended, and what will happen?
If a swarm of apes, ants, snakes, locusts, etc. come from all over the place, we will be in trouble.
Everyone walked very carefully. The ancient road covered with weeds was so narrow that only a carriage could pass, and one had to be careful to cross it.
At this time, Liu Qi estimated that it was almost noon, but the ancient road was very dark. A few rays of sunlight shone through the gaps between the dense trees. However, these few rays of sunlight seemed very precious, proving that this forest can still be illuminated by sunlight.
to the place.
Where there is sunshine, there will be roads, Liu Qi thought.
"Third brother, be careful." Chen Wen shouted, and Liu Qi tightened the reins like a reflex. The horse hissed, raised its hooves, and took a few steps back. The carriages behind them also stopped one after another.
It was so dangerous. Liu Qi took a look and saw a small pond where the weeds were submerged. He wondered if it was a horse pit. It was really strange that a puddle appeared on this inaccessible trail.
Seeing this, E Huan drove his horse forward, picked up the halberd in his hand and tried to test the depth of the puddle. Liu Qi subconsciously thought that the puddle was weird, so he said: "General E, wait a minute."
Liu Qi said that he immediately looked carefully at the puddle and found that the puddle was not big, but if the carriage wanted to cross it, it would be no problem to sink two wheels. In other words, the puddle was blocking the road and it would not be able to pass through it for a while.
What was even more strange was that a scene that made Liu Qi's scalp numb appeared. The puddle covered by weeds was full of thousands of small snakes of different sizes and entangled. Fortunately, E Huan was stopped in time to insert a halberd.
, otherwise, if the snakes in these puddles are disturbed, any one that gets into the neck will be killed.
However, Liu Qi could feel that there seemed to be a special harmony in this primeval forest. As long as you didn't disturb them or kill animals, they wouldn't do anything first. The snakes in the puddles were not disturbed by the sound of carriages and horses.
Although they were in a panic, they were still playing happily in the water, as if thousands of snakes were entangled together in the unknown depth of the puddle and had sex together. If you didn't insist on passing through, or if you had the leisure to watch, it was definitely rare in the primitive forest.
of wonders.
"Brother Wen, are you taking the wrong road?" Looking at the frightening group of snakes in the puddles, E Huan became suspicious again.
"It shouldn't be wrong." Chen Wen looked at Liu Qi, who was paying attention to the puddle, and began to feel a little unconfident.
Liu Qi thought for a while and said with certainty: "It's not wrong. There are puddles on the trail, which proves that it is a trail. Someone once dug pits to trap horses. Later, it may have been uninhabited due to attacks by apes or snakes."
"Young master, what you said makes sense. It's just that there are so many nasty snakes in this puddle, and it's impossible to pass through it." E Huan became worried and held the halberd in his hand, fearing that a nest of snakes would suddenly jump up and attack Liu Qi.
Liu Qi glanced at the ancient forest road that was still in sight, and ordered to step back fifty meters to avoid attacks by snakes in the puddles. Then he said to E Huan: "General E, put on the crocodile armor and avoid the swamp.
Let’s explore the road ahead to see how many swamps and puddles there are on this trail, and return within half an hour.”
"Yes." E Huan handed the halberd to the bronze guard next to him. Liu Qi personally took out a piece of crocodile armor from the carriage, helped E Huan take off the iron armor, put on the crocodile armor again, and pierced E Huan's sword.
Okay, he told E Huan: "General E only explores the road, don't kill, be careful, go and come back quickly."
"Yes, sir, don't worry." E Huan shook his whole body after putting on the crocodile armor, and his hands and feet were very nimble. This crocodile armor has obvious advantages over iron armor.
I saw E Huan cupping his fists towards Liu Qi and Chen Wen, leaping onto a towering ancient tree, then grabbing the trunk and jumping to another tree, bypassing the swamp, and in the blink of an eye he jumped like an ape king.
Niao disappeared in front of the ancient road, and the trap of Shenma Waterhole was not the slightest threat to E Huan.
"Third brother, General E is a true god." Chen Wen exclaimed.
"That's right." Liu Qi responded with a smile, thinking, can the person I like be worse? Then he asked: "Second brother, there is no way out, we have to bite the bullet and go on."
"Yeah, I hope General E can find out good news, and I hope he can get out of this damn primeval forest before dark." Chen Wen also began to wish, no matter how smart he is in the face of endless unknown dangers,
Determined people can also become less confident.
"I hope." Liu Qi also felt helpless, knowing that the word "hope" is just an unrealistic and beautiful idea that will not play any positive role in solving practical problems, so he added: "Second brother, let's wait here.
, is not a solution, no matter what difficulties there are on the road ahead, we must find a way to get through this pit of ten thousand snakes first."
"The road ahead is really dangerous!" Chen Wen sighed again, twirling his short beard and said: "Third brother, if you want to avoid this pit of ten thousand snakes, just cut down the trees and create a path around it. It's just that
It’s easy to get around one pit with some effort, but if there are many pits, there’s nothing you can do.”
Liu Qi frowned. It seems that this primeval forest is really not a place for people to stay. Even the Tongren Guards, E Huan and Chen Wen who he brought with him have unparalleled martial arts skills. They all narrowly escaped death. How can ordinary people survive in the forest?
possible?
"Second brother, do you think we can only wait for news about General E's expedition before making any decisions?"
"That's all."
"There are many possibilities. What if this ancient road is completely swampy and has countless snake pits?"
"Then...I have to think about how to pass." Chen Wen was stopped by Liu Qi's words. Thinking about it, if this ancient forest road is really a swamp, full of puddles and snake pits, as the young master Liu Qi said,
You can't just wait here for E Huan to bring good news and waste more than half an hour in the virgin forest. Staying in the forest for one more minute will increase the risk.
Chen Wen frowned deeply, lifted his short beard, and sat on the horse with his eyes closed and meditating. If he abandoned the carriage containing tomb robbing supplies and traveled lightly, it would still be possible to walk out of the primeval forest with the strength of thirteen people, but this trip
Jiangling's purpose is to steal the King's Sword and wait for the opportunity to rise to the throne. How can he rob a tomb without the supplies?
Liu Qi was also thinking, looking at the winding swamp road in the distance, he experienced a life-and-death battle between man and crocodile on the Yangtze River, and almost staged a battle between man and ape in the primeval forest. Now he encountered a pit of ten thousand snakes. By accident,
There will be another battle between humans and snakes, not to mention Cai Maoji taking Liu Qi's order along the way. It seems that the tomb robbing trip for the best sword in the world, King Gou Jianjian of Yue, is not going well.
Tens of thousands of snake pits are really a big trouble. Thinking of the movie "Human vs. Snake" that I watched in my memory, it is really chilling, not to mention being in a primitive forest full of dangers.
"Third brother, I have a solution." Chen Wen suddenly shouted excitedly.
Liu Qi was surprised and asked: "What good idea does the second brother have?"
Chen Wen smiled strangely, twirled his beard out of habit and said, "I'm not sure this method won't work, but I can give it a try."
Liu Qi said: "Tell me about it."
Chen Wendao: "I looked at the ten thousand snake pits. Although there were many snakes, they were not big, and there were no powerful characters such as cobras and bungaras. As for the snakes in the water, I am afraid that none of them are not afraid of crocodiles. I was thinking, if we
Throw a piece of crocodile meat down and see if the snakes in the water will be frightened and sink to the bottom of the water when they smell the smell of Yangtze crocodile? If so, we can take the opportunity to set up a plank over the puddle to pass the carriage."
Liu Qi smiled and said: "Second brother, you are a genius. You can come up with this method. A piece of dead crocodile meat can scare thousands of snakes. If this is true, it will be legendary."
Chen Wen chuckled and said, "Third brother, it's a joke. I have no other choice but to treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor."
Liu Qi said: "It's okay to give it a try. The problem is, if ten thousand snakes are not frightened by the dead crocodile meat, but are so angry or frightened that they don't sink to the bottom of the water and instead run up the road, these ten thousand weird little forest water snakes will be worse than
If there are 10,000 Yangtze crocodiles, it will be even more difficult to deal with 10,000 great apes!"
"That's... yes, let me think about it again." Chen Wen was awakened by Liu Qi's words and took a breath of cold air. It seems that Liu Qi, the sworn brother, thought more thoughtfully and comprehensively, while the third brother Liu Qi acted boldly, but also
Being far-sighted and far-sighted is the talent of a general.
Chen Wen thought for a while and then said: "How about we cut a road first and bypass this pit of ten thousand snakes?"
"That's not appropriate." Liu Qi shook his head, "It takes time and effort to cut down trees. If there are many puddles in front of you, wouldn't it be a waste of effort? I think I still have to take a gamble and try throwing in a piece of crocodile meat first.
"
"Third brother, what should I do if I provoke all the snakes to scurry?" Chen Wen's eyes widened, and it was Chen Wen's turn to be cautious.
Liu Qi looked at the puddle in front of him. There seemed to be hundreds of snakes in the puddle jumping on the water, as if they were laughing at Liu Qi's incompetence. Liu Qi's heart skipped a beat and said, "Second brother, be prepared."
"Yes." Chen Wen responded, got off his horse, took out a piece of crocodile meat from the carriage, held it in his hand, glanced at the puddle, and adjusted his throwing posture.
Liu Qi also got off the carriage, took the pickled crocodile meat from Chen Wen's hand, and said with a smile: "Second brother, don't be in a hurry. First, move the carriage back a hundred meters, and all the guards will get off, in case the water snake is angered by the crocodile meat and runs away.
When we come ashore, there is a buffer zone, so we can kill them freely. Maybe we can have a full snake feast at night after we get out of this virgin forest."
"All the strong men got out of the car and retreated a hundred meters to prepare for the battle between man and snake." Chen Wen shouted to the bronze guard.
The four carriages immediately retreated a hundred meters and made preparations. They removed the roof of one carriage and set up a plank bridge to allow the carriage to pass through the Ten Thousand Snakes Pit. Chen Wen and ten Bronze Guards clasped their hands nervously.
The weapons are in full array, ready to fight against all the snakes.
Seeing that the guards were ready, Liu Qi hoped that the dead crocodile meat could suppress ten thousand water snakes. He weighed the pieces of crocodile meat in his hands, and without saying a word, he ran forward fifty meters, aimed at the pit of ten thousand snakes, and threw it with all his strength.
Hear the thud of Wan Shekeng and the water splashing feet high.