Long Sword and Jun Wu

Chapter 74
Gongsun Ling reached the shore with the force of the reverberation. The ice wall was slippery. Gongsun Ling couldn't use any force at all, so she could only ask them to help pull the rope. Pei Min and others pulled her up with force.

After finally returning to the shore, Pei Min grabbed her shoulder and looked up and down, "Are you all right, are you not injured?"

Gongsun Ling looked at her hands, "There are some frostbite on the palms, and some cuts from being pulled by the rope, but it's nothing serious, they are all minor injuries."
Pei Min felt relieved a little.

Gongsun Ling took out the Xuanling Ice Soul and showed it to Pei Min like a treasure, "Look, I got it."
Pei Min looked at the Shuiyu shining with a strange light, feeling relieved and blaming himself. "People safe is good."
Seeing that Gongsun Ling was fine, Murta urged: "Don't dawdle, we'll talk about it when we have something to say, maybe there will be some mechanism here."
Pei Min nodded in agreement, he first bandaged Gongsunling's palm with medicine, and Murta took two people to check the terrain nearby.

Gongsun Ling removed the rope around his waist, and pulled the other end to examine carefully. He found that the rope tied to the icicle had a smooth gap, as if it had been cut by a sharp weapon.

Gongsun Ling narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling something in her heart, and looked at Li Tingmu who was silent at the side.

Pei Min also saw the rope. Just now everyone was watching by the ice bridge. No one paid attention to the rope tied to the icicle, let alone who cut it off.

However, the two of them knew that they would do such a thing, and there was no one else.

Li Tingmu was not afraid, raised his eyebrows, and squinted back.

Pei Min was extremely indignant and clenched his hands tightly.

Gongsun Ling hurriedly comforted him, and patted his hand lightly, "Let's find a way to get out first, there is no evidence right now."
Pei Min pursed her lips and nodded without saying a word.

Murta has come back with someone from the investigation.

"There is no exit nearby, it seems that we still have to follow the current to get out.

Everyone took the remaining tools and followed Murta to the direction of the water.

The terrain slowly descended, and the ice tomb was still so cold that people were shivering. Everyone was silent all the way. After walking for half an hour, the water flow gradually increased.

After walking for another two hours, there was almost no ice in the ice tomb, and there was still a breeze blowing in. It seemed that the exit was indeed ahead.

There was light coming in, the exit was in sight, and when everyone was excited, suddenly, the sky shook.

The exit of the ice tomb is in front of you, but there are many stone fragments falling from above.

"Run!" Murta held up the torch and asked the people behind to run to the exit first.

Pei Min pulled Gongsun Ling and ran away.

Li Tingmu stared wide-eyed, watching the two running ahead, he seemed unable to move his feet.

Everyone ran out, only Li Tingmu was left there, Murta was so anxious that he had no choice but to carry Li Tingmu away. "Princess, offended."
The crowd ran all the way and finally ran out of the cave. In an instant, the entrance of the cave was blocked by a big rock.

The shaking of the ground and the mountains stopped abruptly. I don't know if it was a sudden earthquake or the last mechanism of the ice tomb.

Everyone sat aside panting, as if reborn.

Li Tingmu pushed Murta away, and walked aside angrily.

After resting for a while, Murta saw the lush forest here, and said, "It seems that we have reached the other side of the mountain, and we are very close to the flat ground."
Murta whistled again and called Costin.

This time, Costin arrived very quickly, and with it guiding the way, everyone quickly descended the mountain.

Back to the original camping place, Murta asked Hai Dongqing to bring a letter to inform those who were still at the entrance of the ice tomb.

----------

After a day's journey, we set up tents halfway, and everyone returned to the tents to rest after eating dinner that night.

Not long after, Gongsun Ling and Pei Min were called out by Murta.

"You two have obtained the ice soul, what are you going to do next?"

On a moonlit night, Murta asked directly.

"Go back to the Tang Dynasty naturally, and present this thing to the saint as a birthday gift." Gongsunling continued to lie, and she believed that no one dared to refute her words.

Murta let out a rare chuckle, "You two, don't think I'm a three-year-old kid. How could the emperor of the Tang Dynasty covet the dowry of a former dynasty and his princess, let alone a burial object now? As a birthday gift? Oh, doesn’t your emperor feel angry?”

Gongsun Ling and Pei Min were very embarrassing, and the lie was exposed just like that.

When he was embarrassed, Murta continued: "Don't worry, you two, I don't intend to expose you."
Gongsun Ling: "Then what do you want to say?"

Pei Min was not good at making up lies, so he remained silent.

Murta said directly to Pei Min: "Now that you have obtained the ice soul, after you go back, the king will promise you that you will marry the princess, or stay in Khitan as a son-in-law."
This sentence was like a thunderbolt on the ground, and the two of them, especially Pei Min, were struck with thunder.

"I don't intend to marry the princess, and I don't think anything wrong with the princess at all." Pei Min stammered and looked at Gongsun Ling, who was not looking so good, at a loss.

"I know." Murta said calmer. "But what the princess wants, she will do everything possible to get it. You still have to prepare early."
Pei Min was extremely distressed, what could he do to prepare?
Gongsun Ling was more action-oriented, and asked directly: "If you dare to ask the general, what is your best strategy?"
Murta smiled and replied: "There is no good strategy, it is nothing more than walking first."
It's really simple and straightforward.

"When I return to the tent tomorrow night, I will send someone to tell the king that we have hunted a snow leopard. When the king is happy, he will definitely set up a bonfire and have a feast. By then, everyone will be drunk, and the two of you will leave at night. I will be outside. Respond."
"Can we take the mysterious ice soul away?" Gongsun Ling was worried, otherwise, the ice soul they risked their lives to get yesterday would be used as a wedding dress for others.

Murta looked at Pei Min and said, "You saved the princess, this is what the king promised you, and I will naturally not object."
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief, discussed with Murta immediately, and then went back to the tent to rest.

The horse galloped quickly and returned to the Khitan camp in the evening of the second day.

Seeing that they brought back the rare snow leopard, Li Tuyu and Li Yuyu were really happy and said that they would set up a bonfire tonight to celebrate.

Murta prepared more milk wine, and asked the guards who followed him to toast the two of them in turn. Li Yuyu and Li Tuyu drank it completely ecstasy, and they didn't know what night it was.And Li Tangu and Li Tingmu were already drunk and fell aside.

Seeing that the timing was almost up, Murta winked at the two of them. Gongsun Ling and Pei Min followed him to the outside of the camp, where their horses and luggage had already been prepared.

Pei Min cupped his hands in thanks: "Thank you General, I will definitely repay this favor in the future."
Murta was also polite, "It's disrespectful, but I'm not doing it for you, I just don't want Her Royal Highness to marry you Datang people."
Pei Min was a little speechless, Gongsun Ling laughed, and also cupped his hands and said: "Thank you General, we will see you later."
Murta: "Don't rush away, I have something for you."
　Li Yu is Li Tuyu, I can’t tell the difference stupidly, I’m also confused, please collect, please vote
　　
　
(End of this chapter)