Suddenly, a few sparks fell into the pile of firewood, and there was a loud bang, and a dazzling fire and the smell of sulfur and saltpeter arose. Princess Golden Flower was overjoyed and cried out in surprise. But her cheers were short-lived, because
The fire appeared very briefly. It only flickered and then quickly extinguished. No matter how hard Lin Jue puffed up his cheeks and blew hard, there was no more fire.
Lin Jue sat there blankly, looking a bit tragic. Princess Jinhua suddenly felt unbearable in her heart and comforted her: "You have tried your best, don't be sad..."
Lin Jue turned a deaf ear and suddenly took action again. He took out a gunpowder bag from his waist, opened it with a sharp knife, and said in a deep voice: "The fire starter is too moist, so you must start the fire first to gradually ignite it.
.Are you wearing fur clothes?"
Princess Golden Flower said: "It's fur, what's wrong?"
Lin Jue said: "Pull off a few tufts of hair and use them."
Princess Jinhua opened her mouth to ask questions, but quickly shut up. She understood what Lin Jue meant and secretly praised this man's smart mind. She was wearing a red fox fur coat. The red fox fur was soft and dry.
It is an excellent thing to ignite fire. Thinking of this, he immediately tore off a few handfuls of fox fur from his body and handed them to Lin Jue.
Lin Jue carefully sprinkled the gunpowder in the medicine bag on the soft hair, placed the hair on the ground, and then began to tear his clothes into more than a dozen rags, using slightly dry twigs to
Wrapped loosely, he placed it beside him.
After finishing all this, Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hands and bowed to the sky: "God bless me and teach me to light this fire."
After that, he took the stone and the machete and started beating again. This time, it didn't take more than a dozen times. The sparks ignited the medicinal powder in the animal hair. The crackling and burning was very violent, and the flames jumped up.
Lin Jue was overjoyed and tremblingly put the branches and cloth up one by one. The flames quickly extinguished after burning violently. The fur burned extremely quickly and did not have much lasting burning power at all. Just when Princess Golden Flower thought it was going to happen again.
When he failed, Lin Jue puffed up his cheeks and blew into the wind. A few cloth strips wrapped in tree branches emitted a faint flame. A dozen branches wrapped in cloth strips soon rekindled the flames and burned into a pile of vigorous fire.
small bonfire.
As long as it is burned, the rest of the things will be much easier to handle. Lin Jue continued to add the young branches. Although they were a little moist, the branches were quickly dried and ignited in the strong fire. The overjoyed Princess Golden Flower pulled the branches again.
He pulled a few handfuls of animal hair and threw it into the fire to make the flames burn brighter.
When a few branches as thick as an arm also burst into flames, Lin Jue finally let out a long breath and laughed: "It's done, you don't have to worry about it being extinguished now. There are so many fallen branches and vegetation here.
It will be enough to burn for a while. With fire, we don’t have to freeze to death. God bless us, thank God.”
Princess Jinhua was also extremely happy. She raised her hands to the sky and said softly: "Thank you to the God of Immortality and the mountain god for blessing me. When I turn around, I will set up an altar to offer sacrifices."
Lin Jue laughed, moved his body and said, "Come here to warm yourself by the fire, it's already hot here."
Princess Jinhua nodded in agreement and sat next to the bonfire. The bonfire was jumping, exuding heat and hope. In such a cold night, in such a desperate situation, having such a bonfire burning is the hope of survival.
.The man and woman trapped here are also
Hence the desire to survive.
"We just need to survive this night. During the day tomorrow, the smoke coming out of the cave will attract them to rescue us, and we will be out of danger by then." Lin Jue said with a smile.
Princess Jinhua was delighted and nodded: "That's right, we don't have to die here."
Lin Jue looked up at Princess Jinhua's cheeks that were reflected red by the bonfire, and found that Princess Jinhua was very beautiful. This was the first time that he could see the face of this woman carefully. Although she was a Jurchen princess, her appearance was graceful.
Delicate and beautiful, not as wild and heroic as Lin Jue suspected.
Princess Jinhua noticed that Lin Jue was staring at her. She frowned and was about to get angry, but suddenly her expression changed. She pointed at Lin Jue's face in horror and said, "You...you...what's wrong with your face?"
Lin Jue was stunned. He reached back and touched a piece of the mask that had fallen off. He suddenly burst into laughter. It seemed that the mask on his face had been broken somehow during the previous troubles. At this moment, it looked like his face was torn apart.
Generally speaking, it must be extremely scary.
Lin Jue turned his head, stretched out his hand to take off the mask on his face, turned around and threw it into the fire. Princess Jinhua saw Lin Jue's true face, her mouth opened in surprise, and she was stunned. She thought to herself: "It turns out that this man is so young.
, I really didn’t expect him to be so handsome. Why did he dress up as such an ugly man before? It turned out that those two women married such a handsome man, no wonder. Such a handsome man is of course attractive. "
Lin Jue threw a branch into the fire, reached out and picked up the scimitar beside him and handed it to Princess Jinhua. He said in a deep voice: "If you are sleepy, you can take a nap. You don't have to worry about what I will do.
It won’t be bad for you.”
Princess Jinhua shook her head and said: "I'm not sleepy at all, and I'm not afraid that you will do anything bad to me. I believe you won't do that. If you are sleepy, you can sleep for a while, and I will never do anything bad to you."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "I believe you too, but I'm not sleepy either. The fire must be guarded, otherwise it will be extinguished. How about we just chat and pass the long night?"
Princess Jinhua thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I just have a lot of questions to ask you."
Lin Jue rubbed his hands next to the flames and said with a smile, "It doesn't hurt to ask."
Princess Jinhua tilted her head and thought for a while and said: "Are you from the Zhou Dynasty? How did you appear on this deserted island? Are you the same group as the people who met us before? Are you all from the imperial court?
?”
Lin Jue smiled and said: "You asked so many questions at once, how do you teach me how to answer them? But I can answer you one by one. We are indeed people from the Zhou Dynasty. As for why we appeared on the deserted island, I'm afraid I can't.
Let me tell you. But I can tell you, we are definitely not here for you. We were originally on the island, and happened to see your ships meeting the imperial ships at sea. Later, when you came to the island, we were worried that you were
He wanted to do something bad for us, so he came secretly to spy on us. He had no other ideas. Those officials were naturally not on the same side as us. Think about it, if we were on the same side, why should I eavesdrop on your conversation?
There is no need at all."
Princess Jinhua frowned and thought for a while and said: "Are you pirates? I know that Snake Island was originally occupied by pirates. Your Zhou Dynasty caused a big chaos last year. It was the pirates who caused Qingjiao in the inland of your Zhou Dynasty.
, launched a rebellion, right? You are the people of the Qing Sect who were
Forced to stay on the island?"
Lin Jue shook his head and smiled: "What you said did happen, but we are not from the Qingjiao. We came to this island accidentally and had no intention of living on this island permanently. Everything is just a coincidence."
Princess Jinhua frowned and said: "Then who are you? You and the people under you are definitely not ordinary people. I don't believe you are pirates, and you are not fishermen. You say you are not.
People from the Zhou Dynasty, then who are you?"
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Princess, why do you need to inquire about it?"
Princess Jinhua said: "Just now you said you wanted to gain mutual trust with me. I don't even know who you are, so how can I trust you? Even if we are rescued, if I don't trust you, I won't let you live.
Leave. Because you know for yourself that you have heard our secrets. How can I allow you to leave here alive?"
Lin Jue nodded slightly and said: "You mean, even if you get out of trouble, you will still capture me as a hostage. You won't let us go, right?"
Princess Jinhua said sternly: "I don't want to do this, but you eavesdropped on my secret. Don't think that I can't deal with you. Although your people are powerful, there are still hundreds of my followers on the dock. Now they must
We have all arrived on the island. If we start a fight, you are no match."
Lin Jue nodded, this was not a threat out of thin air. There should be quite a few soldiers on the ship, and they must have gotten the news and all come to the island. Maybe they would have already had a fight when they met Mu Qing Baibing and the others.
"I wouldn't have said this to you before. If you can't get out of trouble, it's fine. Once you get out of trouble, you must kill them all. But now... I have changed my mind about you, and I hope I can trust you.
Therefore, you should confess to me. Gain my trust and let me believe that you will not hinder our plan, and then I can convince myself to let you go." Princess Jinhua said solemnly.
Lin Jue was not angry because of Princess Jinhua's somewhat offensive words, and he had no need to argue with her about whether her Jurchen soldiers were rivals of his own.
"Since the girl said so, let's be honest with each other. Before I tell you my true identity, I would like to ask the girl a few questions."
Princess Jinhua said angrily: "I am asking you, why do you want to ask me?"
Lin Jue waved his hand and said: "You have already asked, now it is my turn. We take turns asking questions, and no one can hide anything from now on."
Princess Jinhua stared at Lin Jue for a long time and said in a deep voice: "That's fine, just ask."
Lin Jue nodded and said: "Thank you, girl. I heard them call you princess. Is she a princess of the Jurchen tribe? What is her name?"
Princess Jinhua said solemnly: "My Jurchen tribe does not have a princess. This is because the tribe heard that the Liao Kingdom and Zhou Dynasty all had the title of princess, so they called me princess. My name is Wanyan Mingyue, and this is mine.
Real name."
Lin Jue nodded and muttered: "Wanyan Mingyue, Wanyan Mingyue, that's a pretty name. But I don't know what your relationship is with Wanyan Aguda, the leader of the Jurchen tribe."
Wanyan Mingyue puffed her lips and said, "Shouldn't I be the one asking you? This is already another question for you."
Lin Jue smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, you ask me."
