Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 12 Jealousy
"37, 38, 39..."

Holding the jar in her arms, Shi Xuanling carefully counted the sea centipedes in it. This was the "trophy" she managed to catch after searching all the reefs with all her strength in three days, but she didn't even find forty of them. Now it depends on whether there are enough sea centipedes left in the corpse pit that Ji Zhiyue dug.

"You really plan to jump into that corpse pit to catch sea centipedes, why do you do this for a man?"

The purple-clothed boy was flapping his black iron folding fan, watching the girl hold the jar tightly in her arms, and walked firmly towards the corpse pit step by step.

Also following behind Shi Xuanling was Yue Wugui who was full of anxiety.

In the past three days, what everyone on the island saw was this strange scene. Two teenagers followed behind a little girl, watching her catch the sea centipede every step of the way.

One is with great interest.

One is nervous and concerned.

Yue Wugui never thought that Shi Xuanling would do this for him.

He felt sorry for her suffering, and persuaded her to give up halfway, but she shook her head stubbornly. How could a slender little girl give so much for him?

It's just trying my best, life and death are not counted.

How much did she love him?

With this heavy affection, Yue Wujiu couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, he just murmured that sentence: "Is it worth it?"

But the girl nodded firmly in the sea breeze, with the corners of her lips raised: "It's worth it, as long as you can live in that small Lanxin courtyard, everything is worth it."

In order to be able to live with him, she actually felt that everything was worthwhile?
After receiving such a firm and affectionate answer, Yue Wujiu's heart felt warm and astringent, and he couldn't say anything more, but there was a bit of indescribable tenderness in the eyes looking at that slender figure.

On the other side, beside the huge reef, amidst the surging waves, there is another hard-working little girl guarding her.

Shi Xuanling caught the sea centipede for three days, and Ji Zhiyue guarded the corpse pit for three days. The two girls split up and waited for the last day to summarize their respective "results" to see if they could finally reach the one stipulated in the bet. Hundreds.

In the past three days, apart from a group of officers, soldiers and criminal slaves, there was also a handsome figure standing on the tower, silently watching this extremely absurd game.

That person was the young general, Wen Yanru, one of the people who arranged the corpse pit. In a sense, he was indirectly involved in this "gamble".

But he didn't intend to ask any more questions, and had been working quietly in the Chongming Pagoda, but he was disturbed by screams from outside from time to time——

"You, you, you, you actually grabbed it with your hands, you are such a tough woman!"

"Come up, come up, this sea centipede actually climbed up your hand!"

"Oh, it bit you, why didn't you respond, woman, is this hand yours?"

Upon hearing this familiar voice, Wen Yanru knew without looking that the person outside jumping up and down and yelling must be Zhong Lisheng.

He pressed his forehead with some headaches, but finally stood up, walked slowly to the side of the fence, and looked down.

As expected, the purple clothes were very eye-catching on the sand, and they circled around the girl, startled and surprised.

"Your hands are bleeding from the sharp thorns on the sea centipede, but it doesn't hurt? No matter how you scream, you haven't screamed?"

The words revealed a lot of regret, Shi Xuanling finally couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and shouted: "Zhong Lisheng, shut up!"

The girl glared fiercely at the ostentatious purple dress, "I have reason to suspect that you are intentionally interfering with me and purely breaking the bet, you despicable and shameless villain!"

Being scolded by a little girl like this, the usually ferocious island leader, now he is not angry or annoyed, he just touched his nose and said with a resentful smile:
"Master, I'm just curious. This sea centipede is extremely poisonous. If you hold it in your hand, why is there nothing wrong with it? It's just a few red spots, but it's not poisoned? I know you have studied medicine, so you can bring it with you. In the luggage of the island, there is a big medicine box, but I don’t know what school and school you are from, why are you so powerful, do you have the ability to be invulnerable to all poisons?”

This seemingly "naive" question actually has hidden secrets, deliberately trying to trick out Shi Xuanling's "old bottom".

Naturally, the girl is not stupid. Her mother had told her to keep her secret about her life experience. How could she easily reveal it to a "bad shark" who was looking for her?

At the moment, Shi Xuanling smiled contemptuously: "There are so many strange people in the world. I have no background and no school. I am self-taught and I am capable of being invulnerable to a hundred poisons. What do you know, you bastard from the sea? As long as I can catch a hundred Only the sea centipede will do, you don't care how I do it!"

In his lifetime, to be able to be called a "bumpkin" by a little girl by pointing at his nose, Zhong Lisheng almost laughed angrily, gripped the black iron folding fan tightly, and pointed at Shi Xuanling several times.

"Okay, okay, keep catching, let's see who can have the last laugh, one less sea centipede, let me tell you, you don't even want to live as a 'human' from now on, I treat you like a 'donkey' 'I will keep you in hard labor every day, and tell you to work until you die!"

"Stop bluffing people, Jean, don't block my way, the sea centipede will be suffocated by your stench and run away!"

"You, your death is not far away, big donkey, let's see how crazy you are!"

There was a lot of chatter downstairs, and it was very lively, but Wen Yanru on the Chongming Tower raised the corners of his lips inexplicably. Although it was absurd, it actually added a long-lost vitality to the island. interesting?

Thinking about it, the young general glanced casually, and saw a familiar figure on the other side——

The girl in a smoky dress disregarded the etiquette and manners of the ladies of the family, leaned over beside the corpse pit, pressed the glass mirror in front of her eyes with one hand, and held a special iron rod in the other hand, and carefully walked towards the corpse pit. Stirring and pulling, he opened the cloth bag beside him from time to time, and threw some fresh "bait" into it, so as to lure more sea centipedes to come.

This attitude of doing everything possible can be called desperate, as if the bet is not Shi Xuanling's fate on the island, but her entire wealth and life.

Wen Yanru couldn't help laughing, and suddenly remembered that night in the back mountain. He had doubts in his heart and asked Ji Zhiyue tentatively: "The Yue family caused you to be exiled here, do you have no resentment in your heart? On the contrary Help, is it worth it?"

He is used to being cautious, and he only wanted to find out if the girl had any impure motives, but Ji Zhiyue asked directly: "Did the Yue family really conspire against it? Did General Xiaoyan see it with his own eyes?"

Wen Yanru was speechless by this sudden question. He has been stationed on the island for three years and has never left. He really only heard about this big treason case that happened in the distant imperial city.

Ji Zhiyue smiled, and continued: "Master Yue is my grandfather's student. My grandfather firmly believed that he would not be a traitor who betrayed his family and country. I naturally trust my grandfather even more for the Zhen Fusi who is handling this case, not to mention..."

She leaned on Wen Yanru's back, facing the cold wind, and in the dark mountains and fields, she suddenly raised the corners of her lips: "Shi Yue and Little Bell are my friends, I don't need to judge whether it is worthwhile to help them, because no matter what, I'll do it all."

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The corpse pit was bloody and full of hungry sea centipedes, and the rotting bones were mixed with sea sand. Under the sunlight, it was terrifying and disgusting, and it could almost be described as "terrible".

"I said you woman, you really want to climb into this corpse pit, are you crazy?"

Zhong Lisheng grabbed the black iron folding fan, covered his mouth and nose, and looked at the corpse pit below with a disgusted face, he couldn't believe that someone was willing to climb in, just for a bet——

No, exactly, for a man.

"I'm not crazy. I've caught 39 sea centipedes so far. As long as there are 61 in the corpse pit, I've won this bet and can live back in Lanxin courtyard, bad shark... ...Young island master, you must keep your word!"

Shi Xuanling pursed her lips, her face full of resoluteness, while hugging the jar tightly in her arms, she carefully climbed into the corpse pit, Yue Wujiu and Ji Zhiyue, who were guarding above, grabbed a heart at the same time.

The setting sun was setting and dusk was covering the entire sea area. There was only this last light left. The three-day period was about to end, and the victory or defeat was at this moment.

At some point, a handsome figure appeared beside the corpse pit, and it was Wen Yanru who also came down from the Chongming Pagoda to watch the final result quietly.

Ji Zhiyue glanced at the young general with a cold expression, moved closer to him, and whispered two words: "Thank you."

The two of them agreed, and didn't say much, just looked at Shi Xuanling who was "fighting alone" in the corpse pit, and listened to her counting nervously: "86, 87, 88..."

Sweat ran down the girl's hair. Her fair skin was exposed to the sun for too long, and her face was flushed. In the past three days, she had been busy almost without sleep, and she was exhausted physically and mentally at the moment. His body stood in the corpse pit, as if he was about to fall down in the next moment.

But the girl didn't say a word of suffering, she still gritted her teeth and persisted, her slender hands were already red from being stabbed, the corners of her skirt were also dirty, and the shoes on her feet were even worn out by the rocks .

Yes, it was the pair of shoes embroidered with jacaranda flowers, the more innocent the more he looked at the worn uppers, the more distressed his eyes at Shi Xuanling.

This time, in order to catch the sea centipede, Shi Xuanling even took off the bell that never left her body. She was afraid of disturbing the sea centipede.

Now that she has come to this last step, even her "nemesis", Zhong Lisheng, is silent.

The setting sun shone on the purple clothes, the rays of light were like a dream, and Zhong Lisheng's expression became serious. He looked at the girl in the corpse pit for a long time, and suddenly said without thinking:
"Do you love him that much?"

Naturally, no one in the wind would answer him, and he didn't expect to get any answer, but stood alone in the dusk, muttering to himself: "In this world, why can someone... love another person like this? "

The sky and the earth are lonely, and the waves are churning. No one knows that at this moment, this solitary figure in purple has already undergone a subtle change in his heart, and there is even a hint of... sourness.

"Yue Wugui, you are really lucky. There is an emperor uncle who loves and protects you, and a silly girl who is risking her life for you. How is your luck so good? Why in this world, can there be... How many people love you?"

(End of this chapter)