Chapter 268

His men dispersed and temporarily sneaked into the mountains and forests to hide. Cheng Dalei took Xu Shenji, Qin Man, Li Xingzai, and Fudler to explore the terrain.

Moving forward, there is a vast pool of water, a radius of 100 miles, reeds are continuous, and there is a small island in the middle of the water.

"It's a good place to recuperate. Cheng Dalei sighed secretly.

"This is a tributary of the water of the great river, the big river flows through here, rushing through a pool of water, the island in the middle is called Snake Island, it was originally Mo Mingmi's water village, but now it is deserted. It is said that when abandoning this island, Mo Mingmi stocked many poisonous snakes on it, and now more than ten years have passed, and it is full of poisonous snakes. ”

"You still have the guts to go up. Cheng Dalei had to look at Li Xingzai with admiration: "How to go up?"

"There is a place about five miles from the shore, and you can swim through. "Li Xingzai.

"Let's go up and have a look. ”

Led by Li Xingya, they came to the shore near the island, Cheng Dalei, Qin Man, and Li Xingzai all had good water properties, but Xu Shenji and Fudler didn't know how to water, the two waited on the shore, and the three of them swam to Snake Island.

As soon as he landed on Snake Island, Li Xingzai suddenly became nervous, and cautiously told Cheng Dalei and the others: "Be careful, there are poisonous snakes everywhere here, if you are bitten, your life will be confessed here." ”

Qin Man picked up a long stick to beat the grass and startle the snake, and the three of them didn't dare to go to the center of the island, only to see that with the beating of the wooden stick, one by one the flower skin snakes came out of the grass.

These snakes are not afraid of people, and when they come out, they bare their teeth and poke out snake letters.

Cheng Dalei's sword was very fast, and in a short period of time, he cut more than a dozen snakes with the thickness of wicker into two sections, so that the snakes could be dispersed.

Li Xingya showed a surprised look, and then smiled: "This sword is easy to use, right?"

"Let's just make a living. Cheng Dalei put away his sword and asked Qin Man, "Do you recognize what kind of snake it is?"

"The snakes in the Northland are not the same as the snakes here, I don't recognize. Qin Man said solemnly: "But it must be poisonous, highly poisonous." ”

Cheng Dalei stood on the shore and looked at this small island, the island was overgrown with trees, green grass, and a few buildings faintly in the distance, but he didn't dare to go any further, so he couldn't see it really.

"Let's go, let's get out. Cheng Dalei waved his hand.

The three of them swam away from Snake Island again, and they were so tired and out of breath that they collapsed on the shore without the strength to stand up.

"Big boss, what's going on the island?"

"Snake Island is surrounded by water, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the terrain on the island is flat, and it is also suitable for planting, so it is a good place to camp, but there are too many snakes on the island. Cheng Dalei sighed, and suddenly scolded: "The surname Mo is really not a thing, and a group of poisonous snakes are put in places where you don't want it, which will harm future generations." ”

"The key is how to drive the snake away?" Cheng Dalei muttered, and suddenly turned over: "What are snakes afraid of?"

Qin Man and Li Xingzai replied almost in unison: "Realgar?"

Cheng Dalei nodded and sat up straight: "Where is the realgar?"

Several people kept their mouths shut, and no one could answer the question.

Cheng Dalei returned to the camp, and the next thing was to disperse the people and look at the town in Fangyuan, where there was Xionghuang. And what Cheng Dalei has to do is wait.

"Big boss, big boss......" When the brothers dispersed, Xu Shenji found Cheng Dalei: "I suddenly remembered something, we can't live on the island?"

"Why?" Seeing that Xu Shenji was so anxious, Cheng Dalei had to get serious.

"It's a place name. ”

"Uh......"

"We are the toad village, the big boss, your nickname is the toad king, this snake is the natural enemy of the toad, let's go to the snake island, isn't it self-defeating." ”

Cheng Dalei was speechless, if he said before, he was a staunch materialist. But recently, Cheng Dalei has been in the sea of blood, and it is difficult for Cheng Dalei to say that he doesn't believe it at all.

But you can't give up this island because of a name, and it's not easy to find a suitable place.

Cheng Dalei's heart suddenly moved, and said: "Okay, if someone else proposed it, maybe I would really have to think about it, but since you said it, then this island is not a place of great evil, but a place of great luck." ”

"Big boss, you have to think twice, you must not be impulsive. ”

"Uh-huh, I see. Cheng Dalei said: "I'll change its name when I go back, but I really can't ask a Taoist priest to do the practice, so you can rest assured." ”

When Xu Shenji was about to say something more, Cheng Dalei had already gotten up and left. Now, most of the brothers have been scattered to find out where the realgar is. Only a few people were left to be vigilant in the direction of Qinchuan Pass, and now they don't have the ability to fight with Mo Mingmi, so they can't let the other party know that they have come.

When Cheng Dalei found Li Xingya, he was roasting a pheasant. Wrap the pheasant in mud and bake it under coals, and when the water is dry, the pheasant inside is fully cooked.

Cheng Dalei watched him smash the mud and tear up half of the pheasant to Fedler, and the two cooperated very tacitly.

"Are you very skilled at doing this?" Cheng Dalei sat down beside him: "I have learned it all over the past year." ”

"It's not a year, it's two years. Li Xingzai waved his hand: "After Wan'er and I left from Toad Village, Wan'er returned to Chang'an, but I suddenly wanted to go outside to have a look." He went to the grassland from Qingniu Mountain, herded sheep on the grassland, milked mare's milk, and did business with merchants. ”

"How does it feel?"

"It's terrible. Li Xingya spit out a chicken bone: "How can I stay comfortable in Chang'an, there are maids and maids waiting, but I just want to go and see." As a result, the Rong clan fought, and the empire was defeated, so I thought I was the prince of the empire, how could I not care, I must go against the current and turn the tide. ”

"Results ......"

"As a result, no one paid any attention to me, and they arrested me as a liar and made me look like an idiot. ”

"I heard in Chang'an that you ran away, if you are sent back to Chang'an, it should be fine?"

"It's a shame to be sent back, okay, I'm the sixth prince anyway, don't you have to be ashamed. Li Xingzai said, he shook his head, and said: "I will run and run with everyone, and look at the pieces of defeated soldiers and pieces of death, I thought, maybe the problem is not the Rong tribe, but something is wrong with the empire." ”

"This year I have gone, and behold, I have traveled many places, and I have seen the peasants who work all day long, and the hard laborers, and I have also seen the bullies and nobles who are bullying the people. I found that no matter whether you have money or don't have money, you have a bad time. As for the answer to the question, I still haven't found ......"

Li Xingzai shook his head, and the decadence on his face at this moment made him look like an imperial prince.

"Cheng Dalei, where did you say the problem of the empire was?"