Xiaoqi

Chapter 538

Three poles in the sun.

The sun is getting hotter and hotter, spilling all the enthusiasm on the world, kissing the earth with passion, people and animals are not taboo, mountains and rivers are not forgotten, fairness and justice.

On the vast river, more than a dozen bamboo rafts and flat boats surrounded a ferry boat. More than 100 Jinfan thieves drew their bows and stringed their bows, eager to try. As long as they let go, hundreds of arrows will fly to the ferry from all directions.

At the same time, thousands of strong soldiers dressed in animal skins and armor suddenly appeared on the rocky cliffs on the shore. They also held strong bows and crossbows, and mounted black feather arrows. A figure of a man and a woman, watching covetously, ready to go.

"Hehehe!" Just as Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Xiaoqiao and others surrounded Li Li anxiously, trying to prevent him from taking up the challenge, Li Li smiled lightly, his expression very relaxed and calm, and he was indescribably calm.

"Everyone in the world knows that if one succeeds, the bones will perish, but they don't know that if any prince or overlord wants to be successful, he has to go through countless trials of life and death, and taste the warmth and coldness of the world. Only in this way can he succeed."

After saying these words calmly, Li Li said with a smile: "I, Li Li, are lucky and happy. I have had good luck for many years, and I have come to this day smoothly. Fortunately, I met Feihu, Gongjin A group of good brothers like He Zijing have helped each other in adversity, shared weal and woe, and have never left us until now. Fortunately, I have eleven wives and concubines who have respected and loved each other for many years. , enjoy the joy of the world, and enjoy it.

If it is said that I have achieved fame, wealth, and a beautiful wife and concubine, what else can I ask for, then I can only say one thing against my conscience: I want to save the people of the world.The reason why I have no conscience is because in the eyes of the world, I am not trying to benefit the people, but want to be the emperor and dominate the world.I never deny that.But I will never admit that right and wrong are judged by future generations, why should I flaunt myself? "

While speaking, Li Li gently patted the arms of Huan Fei, Zhou Yu and others, gently hugged Xiao Qiao into his arms, and nodded to Da Qiao with a smile.

After a pause, he continued: "So you don't have to worry about my safety. It's not due to personal luck that I can live to this day, but because of God's blessing. Therefore, my life is not only my own, but also bears the burden of my life. The trust of countless soldiers and people in Xiliang, and countless people who care about me have placed high hopes on me. Therefore, those who want to take my life may not be able to afford such heavy expectations and resentment, and all kinds of calculations will eventually suffer the consequences of their own."

After comforting Huan Fei, Xiao Qiao and others with good words, Li Li stepped beside the boat and shouted to Gan Ning: "Gan Xingba, listen up. It's up to you to decide how to compete, and I will fight against you! But. Since it's a life bet, then both parties have to be fair. If I lose my life, I and the rest of the group will naturally be at your disposal. This is something that no one can stop. What if you lose?"

"Hahaha!" Gan Ning laughed loudly, "If I lose, the result will be the same as yours, and my life will be lost!"

"Oh?" Li Li was shocked when he heard this.He stared at Gan Ning with wide eyes, not letting go of any subtle changes.However, he didn't find anything unusual, and Gan Ning looked calm, as if he wasn't lying.Instead, speak out without any hesitation.

"What if you didn't lose your life?" Li Li asked thoughtfully.

Gan Ning, who was on the opposite boat, said casually without thinking, "If I'm fine, then you're fine, and you're sure to die!"

Li Li's heart sank, his eyes were slightly suspicious, and he said in a deep voice: "So, you chose to compete with me this time, but in fact it is a deadly situation where you have nothing to do with me?"

"Exactly!" Gan Ning replied with a gloomy expression, and then he sneered with disdain: "Why, you are afraid, are you afraid of death? There is still time to turn around now, as long as you dedicate the two women on the boat to me." That's fine. It's just two women, for you rich sons, it's nothing to throw them away like shoes! Hehehe!"

"Gan Xingba, you don't need to provoke me, I will never go back on what I promised!" Seeing Gan Ning's sinister sneer, Li Li was very disdainful, and snapped back.

Afterwards, he continued, "Since it's a game of death, then I have something to say first. If you lose to me again and you survive by luck, your life will be mine from now on, and you will never regret it!"

"Uh! What do you mean by that?" Gan Ning asked in surprise after his sneer stopped abruptly.

The expression on Gan Ning's face did not escape Li Li's eyes, and immediately he said loudly: "You must have heard what the two virtuous brothers behind me said earlier, they all thought that although you Gan Ning is a water thief, you can't do evil. You are few, but you still have a good conscience, and you are not a vicious person. Therefore, they advised me that you are a general on the water, and a brave general on land, which can be of great use. Therefore, I have the heart to accept you as a general. After this contest, If you are lucky enough to survive and lose to me, I hope you will fulfill your promise and serve me. If I die or you die on the spot, nothing can be discussed. I don’t know what you think, but dare to Do you want to do this in front of everyone?"

"This,,,,,,," Gan Ning was startled when he heard the sound, and stared at Li Li with suspicious eyes, but found that Li Li's expression was calm, his eyes were pure, and he did not seem to be hypocritical.

For a moment, Gan Ning felt something in his heart, and couldn't help but glance at Li Ligao, then he was quite curious about his identity, and wanted to know who Li Li was, and why he spoke so loudly.

This was the second time Gan Ning heard Li Li's outrageous words. When he sneaked onto the ferry, he happened to hear Li Li promise Zhou Yu the post of Zhonglang General.At that time Gan Ning was very disdainful, he felt that Li Li and Zhou Yu were childish and ridiculous like children playing house, how could Zhong Lang be an official, how could he just give it to anyone?At that time, he thought that Li Li, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su must be down-and-out scholars who were depressed and frustrated. They comforted each other, went into a frenzy, arranged official positions for others to comfort themselves, and deceived themselves and others to enjoy themselves.

However, this time, Li Li once again uttered big words and said big things face to face, and he didn't blush at all, pretending to be serious.This made Gan Ning very puzzled, full of doubts, and even somewhat regretted betting his life against Li Li.Because he suspects that Li Li is a lunatic, his brain is not normal, and he is addicted to pretending to be a big shot. He is still intoxicated with himself until now, and he still treats himself as a character, arrogantly pointing at him, as if he is a prince and overlord.If this is the case, then he Gan Ning will be at a big loss, betting his life with a lunatic, wouldn't it be suicide, it is really wrong!

When suspicions arose, Gan Ning couldn't help turning his eyes to the alluring woman leaning on the door of the cabin and staring at Li Li, and his heart was shocked.Because the love revealed on the charming face of the coquettish woman (Xiao Qiao) is absolutely true, it means that this woman is very obsessed with Li Li. If this is the case, how can Li Li be a lunatic with a brain problem?

If Li Li is not a lunatic, it means that everything he said before should be true, and he is indeed a person of honor with a lot of background.But who is he? Could it be that he is really the overlord of the princes who ruled one side?

It was only at this moment that Gan Ning realized that he hadn't asked Li Li's name from the beginning to the end. It really shouldn't be!

"We've fought before, and we've been stalemate for an hour. Now we're going to have another gamble, a fight to the death. But I still don't know your name. Tell me, what's your name, and why are you like this? Brash talk?" Gan Ning asked pretending not to care.

"Li Wenchang!" Li Li's expression moved slightly, and he casually reported his name, then smiled and said: "It's just a commoner, it's not worth mentioning, it's ridiculous to say it!"

"What's the matter with the common people? The common people are not human!" Sure enough, Gan Ning believed it was true, and for a while, he complained rather resentfully on behalf of the common people, instead, he seemed to agree with Li Li.

He said loudly: "Your name is Li Wenchang, right? It is indeed the name of a commoner, but in my opinion, you are a commoner. You are calm and unhurried, with high martial arts skills and excellent water skills. Swearing is also very good, and there is no dirty word in one breath, and there is some ink in the stomach. It is a pity that in the current chaotic world, the princes are in power, even if you are a commoner, even if you have some talents, it is useless. You can only compete with me like Gan Ning A fight between thieves may lose your head at any time."

Gan Ning's words made Li Li confused, with a strange expression on his face, quite dumbfounded.However, his impression of Gan Ning has changed a bit, he feels that although he is fierce, he is not useless, at least his heart is not broken, and there is still room for redress.

However, Li Li's thought only remained in his mind for less than three seconds, and then it was instantly shattered with Gan Ning's next words, making him furious.

"Li Wenchang, since you are a hysterical Confucian scholar who is underappreciated, talking nonsense, and frequently rewarding others as generals or worshiping generals as marquises, it means that you are already terminally ill. Listen to Gan's advice, you are so sick , don’t drag other girls down, so that she won’t suffer with you for the rest of her life. You see, she’s still young, and she’s so beautiful. To suffer with you, why don't you entrust the woman to me. If that's the case, let's forget about today's matter. Your brother looks more normal than you, and I will back off a step, as long as a woman is enough. What do you think?" Gan Ning Putting myself in Li Li's shoes, she said plausibly.

"Shut up!" Li Li yelled angrily, pointed at Gan Ning and said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense, tell me, do you agree to the bet? If yes, then let's stop talking nonsense and start immediately. If you don't agree, Just order your subordinates to shoot arrows, and see who will die first among us!"

"Hmph, it seems that you really care about that silly woman!" Gan Ning snorted coldly, and immediately said loudly: "As you wish, if I, Gan Ning, are defeated and survive the battle, this life belongs to you! But you I’m afraid it’s just a matter of joy, because the place where I want to compete with you are dreams, nightmares, deeps, deeps, poisons, dragons, and pools!”

Chapter 539

"what"

Hearing Gan Ning tell the battle location word by word, among the five people behind Li Li, apart from Huan Fei who looked confused, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and Er Qiao heard the exclamation, all showing expressions of horror.

"What's the matter with you?" Hearing the screams behind him, Li Li turned around abruptly and asked in bewilderment.

Lu Su, who was stunned and stunned, was the first to wake up. Immediately, he walked quickly to Li Li and pulled him back to the door of the cabin, with a look of horror still on his face.

Apparently, Dulongtan is quite a famous place, so that Yangzhou people far away from Jingzhou have heard of this place name.

In addition, it is certain that this well-known place is not a good place, otherwise Zhou Yu and Lu Su, who are calm and calm, would not change their countenance and be in shock.

"Brother, hey, you shouldn't have agreed to Gan Ning's challenge!" Lu Su sighed as soon as he opened his mouth, his expression was very heavy, he hesitated to speak.

Li Li was slightly startled when he heard the words, and asked in surprise: "Could it be that this poisonous dragon pond or the dragon pond and tiger's lair are not successful, is it so terrible?"

"Huh?" Lu Su suddenly looked up at Li Li, and asked in surprise, "Brother knows about the Poison Dragon Pool? If you know, why does your brother still want to fight? Didn't you hear that there are no heroes in the Poison Dragon Pool, and loyal souls are buried in the Nightmare Abyss?"

"There are no heroes in the Poisonous Dragon Pool, and loyal souls are buried in the Abyss of Nightmare?" Li Li muttered with a blank expression.

"Yes!" Lu Su replied, "Poison Dragon Pool was first named 'Nightmare Abyss', and it is the resting place of loyal souls in the hearts of Chu people. According to legend, in 278 BC, Qin general Bai Qi led troops to attack Yingdu, the capital of Chu State. , and then fought a decisive battle with the Chu army in Yancheng, and poured water into the city, causing hundreds of thousands of Chu people to be submerged in the flood. More than a month after the war, the Chu people found the corpses of the victims, and more than [-] of them gathered In an abyss pool hundreds of miles away. Since then, this unnamed pool has been named "Nightmare Abyss", implying that the souls of the Chu people who died unjustly will not be scattered. Although Qin general Wu Anjun Bai Qi is powerful in the six countries , but in the minds of the Chu people at that time, they were not considered heroes. Correspondingly, the wronged souls of the Chu people in the nightmare abyss were regarded as the loyal souls of the Chu state by later generations. From this, there is a saying that there are no heroes on the poisonous dragon pool, The saying of burying loyal souls in the nightmare abyss."

Hearing Lu Su mentioning the pre-Qin general Bai Qi, Li Li was secretly surprised, but a set of numbers related to the "killing god Bai Qi" emerged in his mind.

According to the well-documented historical records of later generations, Qin general Bai Qi killed more than one million people during his lifetime of battle.In the Warring States period, a total of about 200 million people were killed in battle, and Bai Qi alone accounted for one-half.Therefore, after Bai Qi killed himself by slaying himself, the princes and kings of the six countries drank wine to congratulate and praised him; and the world called Bai Qi the "God of Killing".

It's just that it's really hard for Li Li to imagine the relationship between Poison Dragon Pool and Nightmare Abyss, after all, it all happened 400 years ago.Why has it been passed down to this day?

After thinking up to this point, Li Li asked urgently: "Zijing, don't be devious. Tell me what's going on with this Poison Dragon Pool?"

Seeing that Li Li didn't know the whole story of Poison Dragon Pool.Lu Su was stunned for a moment.At this time, Zhou Yu continued, "The Nightmare Abyss has long been buried in the change of dynasties, but in the past hundred years, all fishing boats passing through the entrance of the abyss have had accidents one after another, and all of them were destroyed. I am afraid that thousands of fishermen have died in it. At first, I didn’t know what was so strange about it, but I thought it was a ghost, until someone saw a dragon coming in and out of the abyss pool from a distance. Since then, the name of Poison Dragon Pool has been spread from time to time. .”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief and continued after calming down: "The fishermen along the river believe in the water god and the dragon king. They believe in ghosts and evil gods. Therefore, some people associate the nightmare abyss hundreds of years ago with the Poison Dragon Pool. The poisonous dragon was transformed by unjust souls and brought disaster to the surrounding people. Therefore, the surrounding people moved away from the poisonous dragon pool one after another, so that there was no one family within hundreds of miles around the deep pool, and ships did not dare to pass by the entrance of the deep pool, so they had to detour Tributaries popular hundreds of miles away.

In the past ten years, it is said that many rangers went to Poison Dragon Lake to find out what happened without fear of danger, but most of them never returned and never heard from them.Only those who went to investigate in winter were able to escape, and claimed that there really was a huge dragon about tens of feet long in the poisonous dragon pool. The rumors were so vivid that it seemed to be true.But I, Zhou Yu, don't believe in such absurd rumors, but there are many weird things in the world. The rumors about the Poison Dragon Lake have been circulating for hundreds of years, so it must be absolutely groundless.Therefore, my lord, refrain from risking your own life, and would rather believe what is true or not. If the rumors are true, wouldn’t it mean that you are looking for your own death, and you will never return? "

"A dragon that is tens of feet long? Hehehe!" Li Li mused in astonishment, then shook his head and laughed, and said, "It's really absurd and heresy, it's unbelievable! In the past, Zicheng, Feihu and I hunted down Ma Chao, and Zicheng hunted him down. I bought a hundred-year-old golden python, but it is only about several feet long and weighs about a hundred catties. There must be something strange about such a non-existent thing that has been passed on for a hundred years. Maybe it is the lair of water thieves. !"

Speaking of this, Li Li suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Where is the Poison Dragon Pool, and how far is it from here?"

"Go along the river for more than ten miles, then enter the tributary, and then go west for dozens of miles. The combined journey is nearly a hundred miles, and it takes two days to sail." Lu Su continued.