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Chapter 81
Groping in the dark is indeed a lot more troublesome than before. Fortunately, there are no forks in the road behind, and there is no need to distinguish the traces on the wall. Su Mu feels his heart sinking every step he takes.The breath was strangely quiet, and it didn't look like a human being at all.
The bloodstain may not belong to Lu Lingjue, maybe... maybe there are other people here.
Su Mu was in a state of disarray, and he had to tense his nerves to pay attention to the situation ahead. In the darkness, his other senses were infinitely magnified, so that even the occasional sound of dripping water would make his heart tremble.
He used to be a little afraid of the dark, but now he was pretending to be something, and unconsciously increased his strength, almost holding Liu Xiaoran's hand tightly and moving forward step by step.
"I'll go ahead."
Su Mu was taken aback by the sudden voice, and his whole body trembled, but he immediately and resolutely rejected the proposal: "I'm fine, just walk like this." He didn't realize the sound of his voiceThe thread was still trembling slightly, and after finishing speaking, he pretended nothing had happened and continued to move forward.
Liu Xiaoran wanted to speak at first, but Su Mu didn't seem to intend to continue arguing with him on this matter at all, but just continued to drag him forward, so he had no choice but to give up.
Fortunately, after a few twists and turns, a ray of light suddenly appeared at the end. After the two approached, they found that the exit was tightly blocked by a clump of bushes, and the mechanism of the stone gate had been opened., and after pushing aside the bushes, there were several traces of dried blood that were clearly visible.
Su Mu's eyes were suddenly irritated by the light. Su Mu closed his eyes and waited for a while before opening them. When he saw the blood stains, his breath stopped, and he subconsciously looked at Liu Xiaoran. The latter obviously also noticed the blood stains on the leaves., his expression became serious.
"This...maybe it's just left by other people..." Su Mu's voice gradually became almost inaudible. He walked all the way like that just now, and he tried to convince himself countless times like this, but obviously it didn't work.
Just when he lowered his eyes and didn't know what to say, Liu Xiaoran lightly patted the overlapping hands of the two, and his voice was still as calm as usual: "You didn't let me walk in front just because of this?"
Before Su Mu answered, the latter shook his head helplessly: "Not to mention that the bloodstain may not be left by him, if it is, since he has found the exit, with his ability, he will definitely be able to find life.",even if"
He paused for a moment, but continued to say: "Even if it's true... We all knew that there must be hidden murderous intentions in this trip, so it's not unprepared, so—"
Su Mu felt that his brain might be a little blank due to the emotional internal friction just now, so he blurted out almost immediately: "So it doesn't matter if you die?"
He suddenly understood why Liu Xiaoran dared to go to the cottage with Li He alone, this person came here with the mentality of a death squad.
How could this ancient civil servant be martyred at every turn?Is this the benefit of a modern society ruled by law?But why did this kind of thinking appear in Liu Xiaoran, who was born in a Capital City family and held an important position in Dali Temple?
Su Mu felt that his sudden anger was a bit unreasonable. He himself is obviously a person with a heroic complex, and even in his previous life, he lay down on the coffin in such a muddle in order to save others, but maybe it was after this experience.Only then did he understand how uncomfortable the feeling of death is, and it was even more embarrassing for people to delineate his own ending so lightly.
What's more, this person is Liu Xiaoran, he seems to feel a little short of breath when he thinks of the end of this sentence.
"Since I decided to come here, I should have the corresponding awareness." Liu Xiaoran also couldn't understand the complicated look in Su Mu's eyes, "This is my duty."
Su Mu silently turned his face to the front. This was really different from the life of a high official he had imagined. It seemed that he followed Liu Xiaoran all this time, and he realized that this person never seemed to feel how important his life was., obviously there are still so many people who care about him in this world - he sighed, and decided to slowly correct Liu Xiaoran's erroneous idea of not cherishing life.
Then when he was about to move forward, he found that he was still holding on to the other party's hand tightly.
...
I was agitated in the secret passage just now, and then it was dark again. I don't think there is any embarrassment, but now I am holding the hand of Shaoqing of Dali Temple in broad daylight, which seems very strange.
He let go of his hand calmly, and coughed to cover up.
Liu Xiaoran didn't speak either, and the two silently followed the traces and began to search around.
The bloodstains continued intermittently, and eventually the traces were completely broken in one place. Just as the two of them were thinking about how to continue searching, a head popped out of the tree, followed by a somewhat surprised and hoarse voice: "My lord! Yu Zhi!"
Isn't the one on the tree Lu Lingjue who made Su Mu worry all the way just now?
Su Mu was confused and let Lu Lingjue, who jumped down from the tree, hug himself and Liu Xiaoran into a ball.
"You all don't know, it's really... really difficult for me these days!" Lu Lingjue howled exaggeratedly, "I don't know what kind of broken valley the place that the broken secret road leads to is, I was stunned.After searching for four or five days, I couldn't find the way out, and I was afraid that the exit would be too far away, in case you couldn't find me, it's really—"
Su Mu looked him up and down carefully, and confirmed that there was no difference except that this person was a little more haggard and thinner than before, and his face even looked like an apple.An hour of fear is not worth it.
Liu Xiaoran only showed a bit of surprise at the beginning, but then she still had a cold expression, and when Lu Lingjue started to ramble about what kind of wild fruit she had been eating for a living these days, she interrupted him: "That dayWho plotted against you?"
Lu Lingjue was taken aback, and then jumped up: "Who else! Who else! Could it be Li He's fox named Yang Ping! He tricked me into drinking tea, but I just approached, and the cup was still out."On the other hand, there suddenly appeared a hole in the ground, if it wasn’t for my master’s lightness skills, I wouldn’t have fallen miserably!”
Su Mu was startled when he heard the words, and the shivering face in the corner appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but feel that it was unbelievable that this person still needs acting skills in this world.
"When I go back, I have to tear off the masks of this group of people!"
Su Mu skillfully patted the latter on the shoulder and said in relief: "It's good that it's okay. You've searched all over here, but you haven't found a way out? If that's the case, let's go back the same way. I think General Gao can find a way out."Shimen's method."
Just as Lu Lingjue wanted to agree, she suddenly slapped her head and said, "No, I forgot one person!"
He took Su Mu and Liu Xiaoran back to the place where he lived for the past few days. It was a cave hidden in the mountain wall. When they went inside, they found a person lying in it, wearing an indigo blue shirt,But the abdomen was covered with bloodstains, dyeing the entire moon-white auspicious cloud pattern belt red, and the face was even more bloodless, even the lips were weak white, if not for the slight rise and fall of the chest,It's hard to tell if he's alive or not.
Even so, Su Mu was taken aback by this man's appearance. It's not like he hasn't seen a good-looking person before, but it's the first time he's seen someone who can see the ambiguous gender, except for the beautiful and charming Yan Hui.To such a man with exquisite eyebrows and eyes as beautiful as a lotus in clear water.
"Who is this?" Su Mu looked away, a little puzzled, "You know him? What's wrong with him?"
Lu Lingjue nodded, then shook his head again, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "It's not considered acquaintance, that is, I was thrown into the secret passage. I met him in the secret passage, so I don't knowWhich man was plotted against, and was even stabbed twice. I can’t do nothing, so I recited him together. In the past few days, I used the local recipe that Mrs. Bai taught us,Reluctantly stabilized his injury, he finally managed to catch his breath. He woke up a few times, but he was basically in a daze. I asked him that he was more confused than me, and I even suspected that he wasNot a fool anymore."
Su Mu thought of someone now, and a vague guess emerged in his heart: Could this be the master that Xiao Shitou has been thinking about so much?
Whether it is true or not, people are still saved. Lu Lingjue yelled that he was exhausted these days and refused to carry people back. Liu Xiaoran had another injury on his shoulder.He grabbed his wrist.
"Let him do it himself." He glanced lightly at Lu Lingjue who was jumping up and down in protest, "It doesn't look like he hasn't had a good rest."
Su Mu was trying to smooth things over, when Liu Xiaoran turned around and said to Lu Lingjue, "Zhiweiguan."
This seemed to press the pause button for Lu Lingjue, who was still chattering a second ago, he immediately nodded energetically and said: "I recited the person, so I should recite it back."He put it on his back, and with a light push, he stood up firmly, "Let's go."
Su Mu was amazed at the power of these three words. Before he could ask, Liu Xiaoran had already explained: "It's a famous restaurant in Wangjiang City. He read it many times."
At this moment, Su Mu suddenly realized that Lu Lingjue was still the same Lu Lingjue as before, and he didn't care about anything when he heard about the food. After seven or eight days in this barren mountain, it was lucky that he really had the strength to carry people all the way back.
After finding someone, the atmosphere was much more relaxed. With Lu Lingjue's loudspeaker, the road didn't look boring, but before the entrance of the cave, Liu Xiaoran didn't give Su Mu a chance and walked in front.Finally, as soon as he entered the darkness, Su Mu felt Liu Xiaoran holding his hand.
There was a bang in his head. It was because he was suddenly plunged into darkness just now, and he was worried that the bloodstains belonged to Lu Lingjue, so he was so panicked that he didn't pay attention to grabbing the other party's hand, but now he knew that there was someone beside him, so he didn't care.I feel as scared as when I came here, not to mention that Lu Lingjue was still walking behind them. If he publicized this, I would be led by someone when I was afraid of the dark, and I would have to be a human again!
Although countless ideas in his heart were clamoring for him to let go of Liu Xiaoran's hand, but it was such a trace of attachment that firmly locked his hand in Liu Xiaoran's palm.
When he was afraid of the dark and dared not walk at night, it was Shi Qinglan who led him along. In the blink of an eye for so many years, he seemed to have forgotten how safe it was.
After walking for a long distance, Su Mu comforted himself pretending to be calm: Lu Lingjue must not be able to see it in such a dark surrounding.
The author has something to say:
Lu Lingjue: Although I can't see it, I will really be sad if you do this!