The open space they were in was no longer a stone indoor hall, but more similar to a square in a large mountain cave. The stone pillars that the old man was interested in were all along the road.
Xia Zhao learned how to make a torch, took Zhili to find the source of the female voice, and separated from the old man.
This is the west side of the square. A total of three water bridges appear on the right. The woman's voice comes from another part of the water bridge across the cliff. When they found her, they were separated by one or two walls. They had to continue looking.
There is a way to get in.
Fortunately, the entrance is not difficult to find. The corridor is brightly lit. After a few turns, you can see the girl in front of you in the distance.
When Rou Gu saw the two of them alone, especially the young boy's stature, she was stunned for a moment. Fortunately, she quickly remembered that this boy was Ah Li's younger brother, so she quickly wiped away her tears and ran forward.
Trying to summarize what happened in the simplest words, Xia Zhaoxue frowned and said, "What are you waiting for? Let's go quickly."
He walked forward, his arms tightened, and he was pulled by Zhan Li.
"How do you prove it?" Zhili looked at Rou Gu and said.
"I..." Rougu was speechless. It was the first time in her life that she encountered such a problem.
"It's true," Xia Zhaoxue said, "Let's go, it's important to save people."
Zhili hurriedly followed her, "How do you know she is real, just because she is wet? There are monsters, ghosts, and snakes in this place. After all, you are nearly ten years older than me. Why don't you be more thoughtful? Hey, wait for me!"
"
The water level in the pool rose very slowly. The few men who stayed on the spot looked at the cold water in despair. They took a few lamps and placed them on the edge of the cliff. Under the firelight, except for the sound of the water dragon crashing into the water, the water was quiet.
It was almost weird, not a single person was seen.
It took a long time for there to be any movement behind her, but Rou Gu finally came back, followed by two people, one large and one small.
Zhanli collapsed on the ground from exhaustion, reaching out to cover the wound on his shoulder, wanting to curse in pain.
"Master!" Rougu fell down on the edge of the cliff, staring at the rising water level with wide eyes, "Where are the people? Where are the people down here!"
"There is no one...no one is alive..." one of the men said.
"Maybe he's dead," Zhili said softly, "People don't come up so quickly after death, so they have to wait."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Another subordinate scolded. He didn't know who this young boy was, but he didn't have the extra energy to care about how he got to this barren mountain.
Xia Zhaoxue walked to the edge of the cliff. The water outlet on the cliff was large and the water flow was fast. However, the entire pool was spacious and the water level rose very slowly.
He raised his head and looked in the direction of the water, and there seemed to be a faint wind blowing his hair around his temples.
He withdrew his gaze, looked at Rougu who was kneeling on the ground ten steps away, and said, "It's actually not that high. Maybe we can build a personal bridge."
Rougu was stunned for a moment, raised her eyes to look at him, and said with sobs, "Human bridge? Is it a head-to-foot connection, and is it pulled down?"
"Yes," Xia Zhaoxue said, "You should arrange it as soon as possible and include me."
With such a tall adult man, it seems that he can indeed build a personal bridge. Rougu immediately looked at the men behind her and said, "No need to arrange it, let me go down. I am the lightest and easier to pull, so we will do it according to the size, leaving two
The tallest one is pulling people up, I’ll go down first!”
After saying that, she stepped forward and jumped directly into the cold pool.
The pool was already high enough for her to fall down, so she wouldn't hit the bottom right away. The water splashed up, bringing with it a chill.
Zhili ran to Xia Zhaoxue, clutching the wound on his shoulder. Looking at Rougu diving into the water, he said in a daze, "She is too unhesitating."
"Um."
"We clearly know the result," Zhili said in a low voice, "There is no one on the water, that means everyone is under the water. Not to mention that people have been under the water for so long, and their breathing has stopped long ago. It is such a cold water. A stick of incense can freeze someone to death."
"If she has an obsession in her heart, she will fulfill it," Xia Zhaoxue said.
"Chengquan?" Zhili raised his eyes and looked at the tall man beside him, "Senior sister and second brother, you don't know her."
While speaking, Rougu stuck her head out, took a breath on the water, and sank again.
Xia Zhaoxue looked at the dark water surface where the circles were scattered, and said, "Let's consider it half acquaintance."
"Half acquaintance?"
Because Yan Qinglin mentioned Shen Xu to him more than once, and told him at least five times in front of him that he wanted to invite this disciple of the Qingzhou Saint to come to Beijing to prescribe prescriptions for his health.
Of course, Xia Zhaoxue just listened to these words.
Yan Qinglin's expression was always calm and indifferent when he said these words, and he seemed to really mean it for you, but long-term contact made Xia Zhaoxue understand that it was just a favor she deliberately wanted to sell.
She wouldn't go looking for Shen Shu, and she didn't dare to go looking for him. Who would dare to let outsiders know about hiding a felon in the court who had been beheaded?
And Shen Xu is just one of her many "favors".
As for Rougu, she was a follower that Yan Qinglin mentioned inadvertently when talking to others about Shen Shu in front of him.
Rou Gu stuck her head out of the water again, took a deep breath, and plunged into the water again.
"It's strange," Zhili looked at her and said, "Senior sister and second brother, no matter how deep this pool of water can be, I can vaguely see her appearance in the water."
When Xia Zhaoxue was mentioned by him, he frowned slightly and looked at the water and said, "Yes, Shen Shu and them should be right here."
"She doesn't seem to have found anyone?"
When Rou Gu poked her head out again, Xia Zhaoxue said loudly, "Rou Gu!"
Rougu was covered in ice and shivering from the cold. She raised her head and said, "I found three corpses..."
"It is indeed a corpse." Zhili said very softly.
"I'll look again, I'll keep looking!" Rougu said, diving back into the water.
"There should be no Shen Su among these three corpses," Zhili whispered, "otherwise she would have stopped long ago, but she hasn't given up yet."
Rougu's ears were filled with the dull sound of water, and the coldness from the sky soaked into her limbs and bones, stinging like a sharp knife.
She found another body. She couldn't see it under the water, so she could only feel for it with her hands numb from the cold.
Not Shen Shu.
She returned to the water and let out the breath she was holding in her chest.
As long as it wasn't him, every time she found a new body, she was so scared that she couldn't help herself, lest it be him.
"Why don't you come up first," Zhili said to her, "I'm afraid you're going to freeze."
"I'll look for it again." Rougu said with chattering teeth and got back into the water.
"She is going crazy," Zhili looked at Xia Zhaoxue, "This is so stupid, isn't it?"
"Does your wound stop hurting?" Xia Zhaoxue said calmly while looking at the water.
Zhili finally forgot the pain of not caring, because Xia Zhaoxue said this, and seemed to have sudden pain again.
He raised his hand to cover his shoulders, bared his teeth and said, "Senior sister and second brother, you are so unkind!"
Xia Zhaoxue looked at his men and said, "Let's build a bridge, she won't be able to hold on anymore."
