Dragon Pattern Roll Set

The sky gradually darkened.

Lin Yehuo was nibbling an apple and was about to go for a walk, when he saw Zou Liang carrying Ziying and Zheying out of the magic palace with a bundle of ropes on his back.

Lin Yehuo narrowed his eyes, and after second thought, it was probably the mute who brought the shadow guards to find Zhao Pu.

Thinking of this, Lin Yehuo suddenly thought of a good idea. He had a good time, took an apple in his mouth, and followed up quietly. He planned to follow up quietly after a while, and waited for Zou Liang to be ordered. He would scare him and see how arrogant he was usually. !

Xiao Liang happened to come out of a yard with his sleeping fourth son on his back, when he saw Lin Yehuo running out, he shook his head helplessly.

"Hmm..." When Xiao Liang shook his head, his hair hit the face of the fourth son, and the fourth son woke up, reaching out to rub his face.

Xiao Liang asked, "Jin'er, aren't you worried about Mr. Gongsun?"

The fourth son raised his face, patted his mouth with his little hands and yawned, "Daddy and Jiujiu are together, nothing will happen."

"Then do you have a premonition of something bad?" Xiao Liang asked curiously.

The fourth son blinked, then suddenly pursed his lips into a smile, and rubbed his arms around Xiao Liang's neck, "Let's go to the kitchen to find some snacks, and then listen to Xiao Mantou's storytelling at night?"

Xiao Liang smiled naturally, and rushed to the kitchen with his fourth son on his back.

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"Ah..."

Gongsun suddenly raised his face and sneezed.

Zhao Pu, who was walking in the forest holding his hand, stopped and asked him, "Are you cold?"

Gongsun rubbed his nose and shook his head, "No... I guess the fourth son is worried about me."

Zhao Pu nodded, "That's true. If we don't see each other for a day, the fourth son will definitely want to kill us."

Gongsun was a little worried, "I don't know if I'm going to cry... ah... Achoo!"

Gongsun sneezed again, Zhao Pu took off his coat, put it on him, and dragged him to continue walking.

Gongsun was a little puzzled, "What does that pattern mean?"

Zhao Pu said, "That's an ancient character."

Gongsun was curious, "Ancient characters? There's no reason why you know ancient characters and I don't."

Zhao Pu glanced at him, Gongsun smirked.

Zhao Pu looked around the surroundings. At this time, they came to a small stream, which seemed to be the bottom of a valley, surrounded by trees and cliffs, and there was an open space beside the small stream.

Zhao Pu asked Gongsun to sit down on a rock, tore off some dead branches, built a fire, took out a torch and lit it, and went to the side to tear off a lot of wet vines, not knowing what to do.

Gongsun sat on the rock with his chin in his hand, watching him busy.

"There are some words you don't know." Zhao Pu picked out some firewood and piled it aside, talking to Gongsun.

"For example?" Gongsun asked.

Zhao Pu took a branch and drew a few symbols on the ground.

Gongsun tilted his head to study.

Zhao Pu pointed to a few symbols and explained to him, "These are some symbols commonly used on the battlefield, and they are used to mark the terrain."

Gongsun rubbed his chin, "Is it some code?"

"These are not secret signs." Zhao Pu said, "Sometimes on some roads, there will often be merchants missing or passers-by in distress. Danger."

Gongsun nodded.

Zhao Pu went on to say, "Someone probably did this kind of thing thousands of years ago. The symbols we use to mark the topography when marching are not made up by ourselves, but collected one after another. Each of these symbols They all have special meanings and are widely circulated, so they should be an ancient character."

Gongsun nodded, "That's true. Now there are basically only a few roads to go out and in. They have been walked for thousands of years. Few people will take the risk of taking some roads that no one has traveled."

"When we are marching and fighting, sometimes we will set foot on some ancient semi-abandoned roads that have not been used for many, many years." Zhao Pu pointed to the symbols on the ground, and said, "These are very common, this is wind and sand, and this is the road ahead. The water source, this is the water source is poisonous, this is the wolves...etc."

Gongsun stroked his chin, "Oh..."

"The military books you looked at last time should all be fragments of ancient books in that big box of mine?" Zhao Pu asked.

Gongsun nodded, because he had read all the others, but that box was the most interesting, full of tattered ancient books, and there were many other interesting ones.

"I remembered the matter of that book. At that time, I was still young." Zhao Pudao, "I went to war when I was 16 years old. I was in the imperial city for a while before that, and I met many generals who fought in the Northwest. , and one of them is Wang Jian."

"Oh!" Gongsun nodded, apparently he had heard of it before, "Old General Wang Jian..."

Zhao Pu nodded, "He was the original pathfinding officer of Old General Ouyang. He had many map drawers under him. Many of the topographic maps I later fought in were provided by them. He knew many kinds of languages. He was a Confucian general. He also gave me the book of war."

Gongsun held his face, as if yearning.

Zhao Pu smiled and helped him straighten his slightly messy hair, "These symbols and the stories related to the symbols were all told to me when I was a child. If you are interested, I will take you to meet him when you return to Kaifeng. .”

Gongsun smiled and nodded.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the bonfire illuminated Gongsun's face, which was more ruddy than before. He looked very focused and obedient, and his usual thorns were put away.And I don't know if it was because of the bonfire, but there seemed to be light spots jumping in Gongsun's eyes. Zhao Pu realized that Gongsun seldom attacked himself since he didn't know when.

Probably because he was in a good mood, Zhao Pu took a tree branch and drew on the ground while explaining to Gongsun, "Triangles usually represent danger."

Gongsun was surprised.

"Two triangles face each other, which means it is extremely dangerous and absolutely not allowed to enter." Zhao Pu continued.

Gongsun opened his mouth, "What about the three..."

"Three, it means that there will be no return!" Zhao Pu said seriously, "And... there is some kind of power here that cannot be achieved by human beings."

Gongsun's phoenix eyes widened when he heard this, and he was curious, "What is the power beyond human power?"

Zhao Pu frowned, as if he wanted to explain to Gongsun more clearly, "You have read so many books, you must have seen some very evil things, such as a certain forest, people who go in are crazy when they come out, Or a certain cliff, and everyone who stood on it jumped off, or something."

Gongsun nodded, "I know that! But there are many reasons, such as jumping off a cliff, many of them are because of the cyclone, or the sound of the waterfall makes people hallucinate. And suicide somewhere, it is possible Is it because of poison or something..."

Zhao Pu smiled, "I know there are reasons for everything, but some reasons are unknown, so be careful not to guard against them!"

Gongsun touched his chin.

"Wang Jian told me when I was very young that there are some places in the desert that you must never go to." Zhao Pu said, and drew a topographic map for Gongsun on the ground, saying, "This area is Mobei and several places." There is a major city, behind the Wolf King Fort is the desert, and next to the desert is a Gobi-like place called the Sea of ​​Skeletons."

Gongsun blinked, "Skull Sea."

"Around this area, there is a circle of skeletons. On one of the stone tablets, there is a pattern of three opposite triangles, just like this one." Zhao Pudao, "You can ask Xiao Liangzi if you have time, as long as you are there The first rule taught by the adults is that people who haunt the neighborhood must not enter the sea of ​​skeletons!"

"Why?" Gongsun was curious.

"None of the people who went in came out." Zhao Pu said, "When the King of Liao marched here, he sent a small team to explore the way, but they never came out again. The local guide tried every means to obstruct them, saying that they must not enter, but the King of Liao didn't believe it. Evil, sent a general to lead an army of [-] to explore the way..."

"The result?" Gongsun was surprised, "Didn't it come out?"

Zhao Pu shook his head, "Don't talk about people, birds fly in and never come out."

Gongsun opened his mouth wide.

Zhao Pudao, "Only places of that level would be drawn with three facing triangles by the ancients... Even the big desert like the Undead Lake, which is full of quicksand pits and pits, only has two triangles."

Gongsun was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, "Then...that ruin just now..."

Zhao Pu spread his hands, "There must be something wrong with that place, anyway, it's better to stay far away."

After speaking, Zhao Pu came to Gongsun and sat down.

Gongsun looked at him.

"Lie down for a while, you can go out tomorrow morning." Zhao Pu pulled him over and let him lean in his arms.

Gongsun seemed a little uncomfortable, but he felt that it was safer this way. The dark lights were in the deep mountains and old forests. Coupled with the strange symbols that Zhao Pu explained just now, Gongsun felt a little chilly.

"Are you so sure we can go out tomorrow morning?" Gongsun asked.

Zhao Pu nodded, "I'm ready for the smoke." He said, pointing to a pile of wet firewood in front of him, "Get up early tomorrow, someone will come to rescue us."

Gongsun nodded, and then asked with some doubts, "You said... why did Grandma Nine Heads leave us in such a dangerous place?"

Zhao Pu shook his head, saying that he didn't know, but he didn't believe that the people from the Demon Palace would harm them, "There may be some reason, the people from the Demon Palace should not harm us..."

As he spoke, Zhao Pu suddenly turned around.

Gongsun was taken aback by his actions, and also looked back.

Behind them, there is a dense forest, a dark forest, and the shadows of the trees are like monsters one by one.

Zhao Pu looked at Lin Zi and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Gongsun clearly saw Zhao Pu's pale gray eyes, which seemed to be a little lighter.Gongsun and Zhao Pu have been together for a long time, and they know him well... Many of Zhao Pu's emotions can be seen from that pale gray eye.Usually in two situations, Zhao Pu's gray eye will become lighter and lighter, and finally even turn into a light gray transparent color, that is when he is angry or in danger.

It is impossible for Zhao Pu to be inexplicably angry at this time, that is to say...he has a premonition of danger.

Gongsun felt that Zhao Pu was looking at Lin Zi behind him, and at the same time, the hand holding his shoulder tightened slightly, as if subconsciously pulling himself into his arms.

Gongsun is a scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken, so naturally he can't match Zhao Pu's strength. At the same time, Gongsun didn't want to fight against Zhao Pu. , don't know what happened.

Zhao Pu raised his hand suddenly, and a gust of wind passed by, and Gongsun saw that the bonfire went out instantly. Afterwards, he felt his body fly into the air, and when he realized it, Zhao Pu had already brought him behind a bigger rock.

Gongsun wanted to ask him what he was doing, but Zhao Pu covered his mouth and signaled him to be quiet.

Gongsun followed Zhao Pu's gaze and looked into the distance.

In the forest in the distance, suddenly, several light spots lit up... The blue light seemed to be moving.

Gongsun was a little nervous, could it be a beast or something?

Zhao Pu put one arm around Gongsun's waist, jumped up, landed on the top of a tree, squatted down and looked down.

Gongsun leaned against him, put his hands on Zhao Pu's knees, and looked down nervously.

Not long after, there was a strange "cracking" sound in the woods, as if some kind of iron chain was sliding on the ground, and then there was a weird "creaking" sound, which felt like claws or something Grabbing bark or something, it's very weird.

Gongsun vaguely saw a figure moving in the woods, but with a strange feeling of light and shadow.

Gongsun looked at Zhao Pu nervously - what the hell?

At this time, Zhao Pu looked in another direction.

Gongsun turned his head in the direction he was looking, but he didn't see anything in the dark forest, only heard a burst of strange laughter.

Gongsun gasped, the laughter was miserable and hoarse, one could imagine that the thing making this kind of laughter must be ugly.

Zhao Pu took Gongsun up to a higher branch, and hugged him tightly. Judging from the strength of Zhao Pu's hands, Gongsun felt that he was a little nervous.Zhao Pu is a person who is not afraid of anything, even if a hole suddenly opened below and climbed up a thousand ghosts today, Gongsun knew that Zhao Pu would not be frightened, so why is he nervous?

Gongsun was puzzled, and felt that Zhao Pu hugged him tighter, and whispered, "Hold on to me, don't fall."

Gongsun was stunned and looked at Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu was still lowering his head at this moment, looking down, frowning slightly, his expression focused, Gongsun remembered what the little fourth son often said - when you don't commit any crimes, don't grin, don't convulse, and don't play bully, especially when you are serious, Still very handsome...

Gongsun inexplicably felt his heart beating slightly faster, and stretched out his hand to wrap around Zhao Pu's neck.My heart said——Anyway, you said hold on tight, it really isn’t worthwhile to fall.

Zhao Pu felt Gongsun's hand, turned his face, and saw Gongsun's upturned face close at hand, and was also taken aback.After a moment of silence, Zhao Pu found that he couldn't take his eyes off this face, so he said, "I told you to hold on to me so I didn't let you seduce me..."

Gongsun narrowed his eyes, grabbed his hair and pulled it back.

"Hiss..." Zhao Pu leaned back, and at the same time, stared at the sky with both eyes, stunned.

Gongsun also raised his face, and saw a layer of blue floating clouds that seemed to have radiance in the sky...

Gongsun rubbed his eyes, "What is this?"

Zhao Pu thought for a while, then lowered his head, and saw that the grass and trees under the forest, including the ground, were covered with a layer of faint blue light, as if... a layer of blue fog had formed in the entire forest.

Gongsun looked at it for a long time and asked Zhao Pu, "Is there something in the fog?"

Zhao Pu nodded. His eyesight is better than Gongsun's, so he can see more clearly. In that layer of fog, there are many people floating...

After Gongsun saw it clearly, he opened his mouth in surprise, "People..."

"It looks like a soul..." Zhao Pu was at a loss, "How can a person float?"

Gongsun's arm around Zhao Pu tightened suddenly, and almost his whole body stuck to it.

How could Zhao Pu care about looking at the soul? He looked at Gongsun in a blink of an eye, "So proactive..."

Before Zhao Pu finished speaking, he suddenly raised his hand and gave it a slap... There was a "click" from behind Gongsun, and Zhao Pu snapped off the tree trunk.Zhao Pu frowned... Just behind Gongsun, there was a floating figure with distorted description turning around, and after being shaken by Zhao Pu's palm force, it went around like a gust of wind.However, the black eye holes and white body are like... floating undead.

Zhao Pu hugged Gongsun to prevent him from being hurt, but at the same time, he found that even if he hid Gongsun in his arms, it would not help, because at this moment, they were surrounded by blue mist, and, Undead with hideous faces floating all over the sky.

As the number of undead increased, there were sharp voices all around, some were crying, some were laughing, some were screaming... Gongsun subconsciously covered his ears, "It's so noisy!"

Zhao Pu also felt that something was wrong. He took Gongsun to another tree and rushed out quickly. However, he couldn't get out at all. He was surrounded by undead everywhere. The souls of the dead who had accumulated for thousands of years filled the mountains and plains, and the screams and cries kept coming and going, as if they had entered some kind of nightmare state.

Zhao Pu felt Gongsun pinch him hard.

"Hiss..." Zhao Pu looked at Gongsun who was lying on his chest and pinched his chest, speechless, "Where are you grabbing... you still have the intention to take advantage of me at this moment?!"

Gongsun glared at him, "Does it hurt?"

"Nonsense hurts." Zhao Pu rubbed his chest.

"The pain is no longer a dream..." Gongsun looked around, "This is evil!"

Zhao Pu looked at him and asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

Gongsun stretched out two fingers, imitating the little four's usual gestures, "A little bit."

Zhao Pu stared at the smile on Gongsun's face, and thought about the unknown good and bad of the situation at this time, so he decided - die and die!Just think of it as a dream!After thinking about it, he took Gongsun into his arms, hugged him and gnawed.