After the hero goes crazy

Chapter 204 Snake Slough

When Yao Shouning heard this, he was shocked at first, and then realized that the old man might be deceiving.

Even so, she was still unbearably flustered and asked Lu Zhi:
"Is he cheating?"

Shizi nodded, but didn't make a sound.

The branch of Dai Wang has been passed down to the present, and it has long been inferior to before. It is impossible to invite decent people to guard the tomb.

The old man was still sleeping soundly when the two dug up the passage of the mausoleum and made such a loud noise, how could he react so quickly and call the soldiers guarding the mausoleum cleverly?
Although Yao Shouning didn't know where the soldiers guarding the tomb were guarding, it would definitely take time to go back and forth.

And she and Lu Zhi had only been here for a quarter of an hour, and the old man definitely didn't have time to do it.

Besides, she said that she had "witnessed" the old man wake up from his sleep before, so she came here with a lamp.

However, although she was sure in her heart, the fact of "tomb robbery" was no small matter, and she still felt nervous.

What's more, if the door of the tomb is destroyed, the tomb guard lied to me before, but if he finds something strange in this place, it is very likely that he will call for him.

Through the big hole, she stared at the distance with her eyes wide open, her palms clenched into fists, and saw the dim yellow light getting closer.

In the long and narrow passage, there was the sound of 'tat-tat' footsteps approaching, which became softer as they walked this way.

Lu Zhi hugged the stone brick and stuffed it into the gap.

Even though his movements were gentle, but because he forced his way into it with force, a large amount of sand fell between the rubbing of the stones, making a 'rustling' sound.

He paused, and finally just hugged the stone bricks to seal the black hole, preventing the old man from taking a closer look.

The sound of falling sand and sand stopped, and only the footsteps of the grave guard remained in the cave.

After a while, the sound stopped, the lights stopped moving forward, and everything finally stopped.

Yao Shouning saw an elongated shadow reflected on the wall of the tomb passage in the dim light, and then an old man's timid head protruded from the corner ten feet away from the tomb door, squinting his eyes from a distance to look this way glanced.

He was already old, his eyes were not clear, and he was against the light. Obviously, he couldn't see clearly for a while, but he could vaguely see that there was no one in front of the tomb door.

"It's strange, why is there such a movement in the middle of the night?"

The tomb keeper murmured to himself, then raised his lamp and glanced again, as if he wanted to get closer.

"This evil gate of the cemetery has often heard strange noises before. Could it be that the old prince's heroic soul appeared?"

But in the end he hesitated for a moment, and still retreated:
"Maybe the road has collapsed somewhere..." He shook his head, stretched out a hand and scratched his head, and a lot of dust flew in the messy hair.

As the passage went in, it became more eerie and terrifying. The door of the tomb was like a closed beast's mouth, which made him a little scared. Finally, he put down the lamp on his chest and muttered:

"Forget it, where are there so many tomb robbers? Let's see you tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, he backed out without saying a word.

The lights gradually dimmed, and darkness returned to the tomb door.

Only then did Yao Shouning's tense heartstrings relax, and then fear surged into her heart. She pressed her chest that was beating non-stop, "plop, plop", recalling what the grave guard said earlier, her heart tightened again, and she hurriedly said:
"What he said earlier..."

Lu Zhi also noticed that his expression was a little dignified in the darkness, and he pushed back the stone in his hand.

The mud and sand slipped, and finally returned to silence, leaving only a dull echo.

"An accident happened here before!"

Shizi's words are not doubts, but affirmations.

After finishing speaking, he turned around and groped forward, Yao Shouning hurriedly followed:
"Wait for me."

Yao Shouning couldn't see his fingers in the tomb, so Yao Shouning could only find the location of Lu Zhi by feeling.

The Dai Wang Zhu Yuanchun had died for many years, and there was a lingering smell of rot in the ancient tomb, mixed with a faint sense of dampness, which made people's back numb.

Yao Shouning recalled what the cemetery guard said: The cemetery is evil, and strange noises are often heard. Could it be that the old prince's heroic soul appeared.

In this world, there are both evil spirits and ghosts.

When she read the story book, she boasted that she was very courageous, but now when she thought of ghosts, she felt horrified, so she quickened her pace and said in a trembling voice:

"Your Majesty, wait for me."

She knew that Yao Wanning's life was related to the visit to the tomb. Although she was afraid, she suppressed the fear and did not flinch.

"There are stairs ahead."

Lu Zhi's voice came from a few steps away. Yao Shouning was walking fast. After hearing his voice, he was about to stop his speed, but his falling toes seemed to be stepping on something.

Something slippery and soft hooked up and wrapped around her ankle.

Goosebumps slowly crawled out of her calves and quickly spread all over her body.

"I seem to have stepped on something!"

She was trembling, and she froze, not daring to move, and spoke in a low voice, not daring to speak loudly:

"My son, give me a hand."

Lu Zhi's footsteps stopped, his body had already turned back, but he said in his mouth:
"You said it yourself, don't drag and pull, you will go by yourself."

He was small-minded and held grudges, so he repeated what Yao Shouning had said earlier.

Yao Shouning was very knowledgeable about current affairs, and he smiled flatteringly when he heard the words, but then realized that Lu Zhi couldn't see, so he said quickly:
"It was me who was wrong."

Her voice was soft and coquettish, coaxing him with a good temper:

"I said this because I was worried that men and women would not be able to give and receive clearly. It was for the sake of your reputation, and I was afraid that your reputation would be ruined."

Hearing this, Lu Zhi couldn't help but bend the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a smile, but he bickered with her:

"My reputation has always been good, so you don't need to worry about it."

"..."

Yao Shouning didn't dare answer these words.

She believed that Lu Zhi had a good reputation before, and after the Xicheng incident, when the Liu family mentioned this eldest son, they all praised him for being famous in the capital, and he was the dream man of many girls from noble families.

But that's all in the past...

Now that his lawsuit in Xicheng is pending, he is possessed by a demon and has gone mad in public, and no one knows about the night visits to the old grave of Zhu's ancestors, but based on the previous points, Yao Shouning is worried that he may not find someone he likes in the future.

"Don't believe me?" Lu Zhi's voice sounded.

Even though his face couldn't be seen in the dark, Yao Shouning could almost imagine that when he said this, his face was full of pride and he raised his eyebrows.

"No." Yao Shouning quickly denied it, feeling a little lucky that the prince couldn't see the guilty look on her face at this time.

"Hmph!" Lu Zhi snorted softly when he heard her words.

His voice was already very close, as if he was right in front of her, and then there was the sound of rubbing clothes, he squatted down, and then touched Yao Shouning's calf with both hands.

The girl subconsciously wanted to back away, so he stretched out his hand and patted:
"Don't move! I see you stepped on something."

Yao Shouning realized his purpose and immediately stabilized his body.

Strange to say, she was obviously a little scared, but when Lu Zhi interrupted her like this, the fear in her heart disappeared. Instead, she listened to his bragging, and thought of his crazy appearance, and wanted to laugh a little.

He touched down her calf with both hands, touched her ankle, and sure enough, he touched something cold and soft.

The thing is quite tough, about the width of a palm, and has two layers. When you twist it carefully, you can feel the scales on it.

A thought came to Lu Zhi's mind: Snake sloughs!

After he was infected with the demon gu, there was a snake scene in his family, and he is no stranger to snake sloughing.

It's just that the snake slough in his hand is not small, it seems that a boa constrictor appeared here.

Shizi frowned, sensing that the girl standing obediently in front of him was relaxed at this moment, obviously trusting him very much, she had already relaxed her guard.

If he suddenly told her that the thing wrapped around her ankle was a snake slough at this time, he might scare her quite badly.

He was thinking about why there was such a thing in the tomb of the acting king Zhu Yuanchun, and he was distracted talking to her:

"I was born in the Dingguo Shenwu General's Mansion. Since I was a child, I have both civil and military skills. Whether I am a member of the royal family or the daughter of a powerful courtier, they all fly around me like a fly."

As Lu Zhi said, he took the snake slough out from between Yao Shouning's ankles and put it in his palm:
"I'm so annoying, I really don't know what they think!"

Yao Shouning's attention was all attracted by the movements of his hands. In this tomb of a generation of kings hundreds of years ago, the surroundings were pitch black, and her feet were wrapped in something. Combined with what the tomb keeper said earlier, Yao Shouning couldn't be distracted at all. Think about something else.

Hearing what Lu Zhi said, he subconsciously said:
"Maybe they think you are a cow..." When she said the last word, she realized something was wrong in time, and quickly covered her small mouth with her hands.

"..." The prince paused when he took the snake slough, and seriously considered whether to use this thing to gag Yao Shouning's mouth.

The atmosphere fell silent.

Yao Shouning sensed that something was wrong, and knew that he had said the wrong thing carelessly, so he quickly coaxed him:
"That was not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?" Shizi's tone was a bit unfriendly, Yao Shouning said quickly:

"Your Majesty is handsome and handsome. Anyone who sees him likes you. When my mother saw you for the first time, she said that you are famous in the capital of gods and have the reputation of being unparalleled in the world."

She is good at coaxing people, and her words are so sweet that Lu Zhi also felt comfortable, so he deliberately asked:

"Your mother really said that?"

"Yes, yes, my mother said you are good-looking." Yao Shouning responded one after another.

The prince seemed to be very easy to coax. Hearing this, he was silent for a while, and then hummed lightly:
"Your mother seems to be an honest person, she won't lie." He paused, then said lightly:
"But it's not an exaggeration."

Lu Zhi was a little proud.

Yao Shouning breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly nodded like pecking rice:
"Yes, yes, it's really lucky for Sansheng to be able to talk to the prince and go out and do errands together recently."

Her voice was soft and sweet, like a stream of clear water, dispelling most of the strange and gloomy atmosphere in the ancient tomb.

At this moment, Lu Zhi only thought this girl was really interesting.

I don't know if it's because of the innate ability of the Bian Ji family, but she has a detached personality, and sometimes she speaks irritatingly, but she can justly grasp the size that is not annoying and disgusting.

It seems that he has grasped the likes and dislikes of people's hearts to the extreme, and he can always coax people back at the moment when he is about to piss people off.

Knowing that five of the ten sentences she said at this time may not be true, but he was still so excited when he heard it, he 'almost' wanted to forget the sentence that Yao Shouning said unintentionally before, which made him almost die of anger—but It's just almost.

The prince carefully kept this 'little matter' in his heart, but he didn't realize that he was smiling at this moment, and the coldness on his face had faded completely, but he was afraid of revealing the clues, so he pretended to be indifferent:

"It's cheaper for you!"

Yao Shouning heaved a sigh of relief, feeling in his heart that Shizi's temper was not that bad, following his words, he seemed to be easier to coax than Liu Shi.

In the darkness, she heard him take something from her ankle, making a 'xisuo' sound while groping.

She couldn't see, but her sense of hearing was brought into full play, and she always felt that the object seemed to be extremely long, dragging the ground and making a soft noise.

As soon as the relaxed feeling of bickering with the prince was gone, the tension came back to her heart. She bit her lips and asked:

"What did I step on?"

"I'm afraid that if I tell you, you will cry in fright."

Lu Zhi had already stood up, and when he spoke, his breath blew across Yao Shouning's face and forehead, and finally his voice sounded above her head.

She was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously shook her head to retort:
"I won't."

"It's a snake slough."

As soon as Shizi said this, Yao Shouning shuddered, and then goosebumps came up.

The image of the snakes that she saw in Dingguo Shenwu General's Mansion that day came back to her mind, and she recalled the scene of the snake slough entangled her ankle, as if being entangled by a snake monster that opened its mouth. Yin Qi seemed to remain in her wrists, making her wish she could stretch out her hands and rub them a few times to get rid of the feeling.

However, she just uttered bold words, so she naturally didn't want to slap herself in the face, so she could only suppress her disgust and asked curiously:

"Why is there a snake slough here?"

After finishing speaking, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind:
"Is it related to the Shexian family in Nan'anling who caused trouble earlier?"

(End of this chapter)