"These words are still valid today." Du Ruoxi said softly.
Qin Yu was shocked, but a bitter smile appeared on his face, "Miss Du, I am already the father of three children, and such a joke is not funny."
Qin Yu certainly remembered the last words Du Ruoxi said to him in the underground palace.
At that time, Du Ruoxi had just seen his name engraved on the tombstone in the passage. At that moment, Du Ruoxi was heartbroken. With no hope of life, Du Ruoxi actually made a request, saying that he wanted to have a visit with Qin Yu
The most primitive blend, however, was rejected by Qin Yu.
"Are you afraid that I will pester you? Or I just can't catch your eye. Also, compared with Miss Meng and Miss Mo, my appearance is really nothing."
Du Ruoxi flipped up her hair and did not continue the topic. Instead, she changed the topic and said: "Qin Yu, I have an intuition that among the three of us, only one person can leave alive this time. If, for sure
If you want to keep going."
Qin Yu looked directly at Du Ruoxi this time, and his expression became serious, "In this case, you can quit."
"No, what you don't know is that I can no longer withdraw. Ever since I entered the underground palace, everything has been decided." Du Ruoxi smiled brightly, but there was a hint of sadness in this smile that was difficult to conceal.
"Qin Yu, if I disappear like this this time, tell me, will you remember me in the future?"
"Of course, my memory is not bad."
"That's fine. At least, there is still one person in this world who will remember me."
Du Ruoxi didn't speak anymore, but just stared at the firewood in front of him quietly. Qin Yu also looked away after taking a look at Du Ruoxi.
Everyone is waiting for the return of General Hou Jiuhe.
The lake was very large, so the general and Hou Jiu could no longer be seen. It was not until the sky slowly turned dark that Qin Yu and others saw the general and Hou Jiu appearing on the lake from a distance.
"How is it?" Jia San shouted before the general and Hou Jiu reached the shore.
At this moment, Jia San was eager to verify whether what Qin Yu said before was correct.
Upon hearing Jia San's shouting, the general, who was still about ten meters away from the shore, loudly replied: "Third Master, Mr. Qin is right, there is indeed something strange in the middle of the lake."
"What's weird?"
"There is a huge whirlpool in the middle of the lake. There is no water in the whirlpool. Master Jiu and I didn't dare to get too close for fear of being sucked into the whirlpool. We watched it from a distance and then came back."
While they were talking, Hou Jiu and the general also rowed the boat back to the shore. When they abandoned the boat and landed, they were already soaked to the skin, and they looked a little tired.
Also, rowing for five or six hours in a row is not easy for anyone. The monkey handed over the barbecue that had been roasted for a long time, and Hou Jiu and the general started eating directly.
"Boss Deng, Mr. Qin, the distance from here to the center of the lake is about thirty miles. The lake is calm and there is nothing going on. But as Mr. Qin guessed, in the center of the lake, there is a lake about one mile in diameter.
The whirlpool is large and small, and the water waves are very fast, so we only dare to wait and see from a distance of one or two kilometers."
While biting into the barbecue, Hou Jiu introduced what he saw to everyone.
"By the way, we have taken photos. General, please take out the photos."
"Um."
The general took out a camera from his backpack, which was the kind of camera that can take photos instantly. After taking out the camera, the general took out a dozen photos from underneath the camera and handed them to Qin Yu and others.
These were all photos taken by Hou Jiu one or two kilometers away from the center of the lake. Because they were far away from the whirlpool, the photos were not very clear.
In the photo, there is a lake, but at the top of the lake, there is a dark patch. Obviously, this is the whirlpool, but because it was taken on a horizontal line, it can only produce this effect.
After looking at one photo, Qin Yu looked at several others. It was obvious that Hou Jiu and the general did not just take photos from a distance, but changed several angles.
After looking at these photos, Qin Yu was able to confirm that the vortex was indeed as described by Hou Jiu, about one kilometer in size.
"By the way, in addition, we also discovered this."
Hou Jiu took out something else from his body. It was a shoe, a travel shoe, and it was a very new style.
"Hey, aren't these Zhang Zijun's shoes?"
When the monkey saw the shoe, a look of surprise appeared on his face. When he saw everyone looking at him, he quickly explained: "It's like this. Didn't a young man invite me to help them barbecue that night? And that
The young man’s name is Zhang Zijun, and I remember this shoe belongs to him.”
"So, these shoes belong to one of the five young men who were taken away by the soldiers like Zhao Yan. In other words, Zhao Yan and the others also walked through this lake." Jia San pondered for a moment and said his own.
view.
"That's right, Master Jiu thought the same thing when he saw these shoes earlier." The general immediately answered, "And Master Jiu feels that it is very likely that these soldiers took Zhao Yan and the others to the center of the lake."
"In that case, we are going to the center of the lake." Deng Wei said.
"Boss Deng, we must go to the middle of the lake, but it's getting late now. I think we might as well spend the night here tonight and then set off at dawn tomorrow. Besides, since there is a whirlpool in the middle of the lake, we have to do
A little preparation.”
No one objected to Hou Jiu's suggestion, and everyone took out the tent. However, only five people entered the tent, Qin Yu, Deng Wei, Du Ruoxi, and General Jia Sanhe.
Hou Jiu and Monkey did not enter the tent, but stayed outside to keep watch. This was a habit Hou Jiu and the others had developed over the years. No matter where there was danger or not, someone must keep watch.
Hou Jiu and Hou Hou kept watch for the first half of the night, and the general kept watch for the second half of the night. As for Jia San, he was not required to do so because of his age, and Qin Yu and the other three were not assigned to watch the night.
However, even if someone was keeping vigil, something still happened in the second half of the night.
The moment the flames outside the tent went out, Hou Jiu inside the tent immediately shouted, "General, what's going on?"
However, no one responded, and Hou Jiu's figure immediately appeared outside the tent. Not only Hou Jiu, but everyone present came out of the tent.
After all, in this mysterious Xiwangmu Mountain, no one can sleep peacefully, even if someone is keeping watch, so when the flames were extinguished and Hou Jiu's voice appeared, everyone woke up.
The flames of firewood can last until dawn, so the sudden extinguishing of the flames aroused Hou Jiu's alert. After Hou Jiu made a sound but received no response from the general, everyone knew that something must have happened.
"Hey, where is the general?" The monkey came out and turned on the bright light, only to find that the general was missing.
Hou Jiu walked to where the general was sitting on vigil and looked at the ground carefully, "The general's sword has not been moved here, and there is no trace of being moved."
Not being moved means that the general did not encounter any accident. Generally speaking, when a person encounters an emergency, he will definitely pick up the weapons around him. However, the general's sword is still there, which means that the general has not encountered any accident.
emergencies.
As for being knocked unconscious by a sudden attack, it is even more impossible. The general is a master of training, and it is difficult for ordinary people to knock him unconscious at once, unless he directly seals his throat with a knife, but in that case, it is impossible not to leave traces of blood.
Moreover, the general is not small. If you want to take away the general's body, there will be noise.
"There are no traces of human beings stamping out the firewood." After the monkey shined a strong light on the firewood a few times, he said firmly to Hou Jiu.
The reason why we light firewood at night instead of using lights is to save resources, because no one knows how many days this trip will take. Disposable resources such as strong flashlights should be saved as much as possible.
"Monkey, you and I are going to find the general. The others are waiting here."
Hou Jiu's face became solemn. Just when he and Monkey were about to set off, Qin Yu's flashlight was shining in a certain direction, where a figure was slowly walking towards them.
"General?" Seeing this voice, the monkey's face showed joy, but then he complained: "Where have you gone?"
"I just went to solve it. What's wrong? Hey, why did the flame go out?" The general walked up to everyone and saw that everyone was looking at him. He quickly explained: "I think everyone is very tired during the day.
I didn’t bother anyone.”
Hou Jiu looked at the general deeply and said, "Don't leave casually during night vigils in the future. Even if you want to leave, you must call others."
"It's Master Jiu, I made a mistake this time." The general lowered his head and apologized.
After a false alarm, everyone returned to the tent again, but this time, Hou Jiu did not sleep again, but stayed vigil with the general.
"Master Jiu, it was my fault before. This time I promise not to leave again. Just go in and have a rest." Obviously, the general respected Hou Jiu very much. Seeing that Hou Jiu kept vigil with him because of his mistakes, he
A look of guilt on his face.
"No, it's going to be dawn soon. I can't sleep much now, so I can just sit here." Hou Jiu waved his hand, and he and the general sat quietly around the firewood.
Speechless all night!
Early the next morning, after the monkey had made breakfast, which was actually hot soup noodles, Qin Yu came back from one side.
"Where are you going? Here." Du Ruoxi filled a bowl of noodle soup and handed it to Qin Yu and asked.
"I just went to solve it." Qin Yu smiled and took the bowl handed over by Du Ruoxi, but his eyes were directed at the general who was sorting things out, with a ray of light flashing in his eyes. (To be continued)