Xiaoqi

Half an hour later, Li Li and his group of six followed Gan Ning and others disembarked from the boat and walked slowly along the east bank to the depths of the canyon.

Not long after, the dense fog suddenly cleared, making everyone's eyes suddenly clear.

Suddenly, a blue and quiet oval-shaped deep pool leaped into view, with visible mist on the surface of the water, and a faint unexplainable fragrance in the air.

Compared with the vast Yangtze River, the area of ​​the deep pool is not too large, covering an area of ​​tens of acres, and the straight-line distance between the two banks can be hundreds of meters.However, this deep pool is located between the high mountains and the bottom is not bottomless.

On both sides of the deep pool, there are no flying birds, no animals and reptiles, and the reefs on the shore are strangely black.

"Huh?" While squinting his eyes to observe the situation around the deep pool, Li Li suddenly saw Gan Ning and others acting sneakily, and each took out the cloth towels he had prepared earlier from his arms to cover his mouth and nose.

Seeing Gan Ning and others acting suspiciously, Li Li didn't know what was going on, and was very puzzled.At this time, he smelled a burst of fragrance in the air, raised his head and looked around, but saw that there was not a single grass growing within several miles around the deep pool, how could the fragrance come from?

For a moment, Li Li was suddenly alert, and immediately held his breath, closed his eyes and carefully felt whether there was any abnormality in his body.After holding his breath, Li Liton felt a slight tightness in his chest, a heavy head, and a faint feeling of dizziness.When I opened my eyes again, my eyes were blurred, as if countless petals were falling in front of my eyes, it was really weird.

"Everyone be careful, cover your mouth and nose, this scent is poisonous!" Li Li was taken aback after identifying the reason, and immediately raised his hand to signal Zhou Yu and others to stop, and reminded in a deep voice.

Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others changed countenance upon hearing this, and Er Qiao trembled and nearly fell down. Fortunately, Li Li quickly reached out to support their sisters.Then Li Li stopped talking and tore off his inner shirt to cover his mouth and nose. Zhou Yu and others followed suit and covered their faces.

At this time, Li Li looked coldly at Gan Ning who was walking in front, his eyes were extremely cold and murderous.It happened that Gan Ning noticed the movement of Li Li and the six people behind him, looked back, and met Li Li's gaze.The instant the cold eyes met, a murderous aura suddenly appeared, and the life-and-death struggle began to be staged from this moment.

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Chapter 542

The midsummer afternoon is very hot, and the scorching sun bakes the earth.

However, the surrounding area of ​​Poisonous Dragon Pool is extremely cool, the dense fog in the sky shades the sun, and the wind blows on the shore, which is also mixed with a faint fragrance.

On the east bank, next to a bare rock cliff with a high terrain, this is Li Li's temporary resting place.

This place occupies the upper air, and there is no scent of hidden murderous intent in the air, so a group of six people don't need to cover their faces.

"Fortunately, my brother discovered it in time, otherwise I'm afraid that I'm already poisoned, and I have no power to resist except to catch him!"

Standing on the cliff, Lu Su casually took off the cloth scarf on his face, exclaiming how lucky he was.

Then he said angrily: "Gan Ning's traitor Duan is extremely vicious. He knew that the fragrance contained poison, but he kept silent. He almost made me die without knowing why! I, Lu Su, really misjudged before, I didn't expect this The thief looks bold and generous, but he is actually a sinister and despicable villain, with a vicious heart that has never been seen before!"

Hearing this, Li Li remained silent with a gloomy expression, staring down at the abyss and cold pool below the mountain, his eyes filled with seriousness.

Looking down at the dozens of Jinfan thieves down the mountain who were foaming at the mouth and dying of convulsions, Zhou Yu was also terrified and terrified.Rejoicing, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Li Li's side face, his face was full of admiration, and his eyes were full of gratitude.

Until this time, Zhou Yu realized that Li Li's achievement today was not a fluke, let alone God's favor, but a combination of wisdom and courage, which is well deserved.Voted under such a wise and wise hero, Zhou Yu was faintly dissatisfied before, but he had to be loyal to Li Li due to the situation and favor.But now he is truly convinced, without any distracting thoughts, and is willing to follow Li Li for the rest of his life, no matter what he dictates.

at the same time.Zhou Yu firmly believed that Li Li would be able to defeat Gan Ning this time, and lead his group to get away from the entanglement of the Jinfan bandits and leave the deadly place like Poison Dragon Pool.

After thinking up to this point, when Lu Su scolded Gan Ning for being vicious and treacherous, Zhou Yu said softly, "Zijing, don't get angry. Gan Ning's thief intends to kill us this time. If we can use the poisonous gas around the Poison Dragon Pool to poison us to death, Then he is naturally happy to see the result. What's more, since the two sides are enemies, how can we expect Gan Ning to tell the secrets of the poisonous dragon pool in advance? Fortunately, my brother is very observant and witty, and discovered the hidden poisonous gas on the poisonous dragon pool in time. Only in this way can we get involved Get through this disaster."

Lu Su was stunned when he heard the words, nodded slightly after thinking for a while, gradually relieved in his heart, and no longer complained about others.

The two sisters, Big Qiao and Little Qiao, were so frightened this time that they were still trembling slightly at this moment.Looking at the cold abyss below the mountain tremblingly, her delicate face was terrified.Eyes full of worry.

When Zhou Yu, Lu Su and Li Li were silent.Xiao Qiao walked up to Li Li's side lightly, took the man's arm lightly, and said softly: "This place is gloomy and scary. It's midsummer when the flowers are blooming and luxuriant, but the mountains and forests on both sides are barren, which shows how powerful the poisonous gas is on the water surface of the Poison Dragon Pool. The poisonous gas around is so powerful. Wouldn’t the poison in the deep pool be even more terrifying, you will die if you touch it, and you will die if you inhale it, how can a person survive in the water?"

After a pause in tone.Xiao Qiao persuaded softly: "My husband, I won't let you enter the water, it's too dangerous! Plants can't grow, animals and birds dare not stay here, but my husband still wants to dive into the deep pool with Gan Ning to fight for our lives .Even if my husband wins the bet, he will definitely be poisoned, and it will be difficult to save his life in the end. Instead of this, why bother to fight, why don't we fight out from the mountain? Even if my sister and I can't get away, the only thing we can do is die. As long as my husband and his party can return to Xiliang safely, my concubine and my sister will die well, even if they die, there will be no regrets!"

After Xiao Qiao finished speaking, tears were streaming down her face. That charming and tearful face was enough to melt a man with a heart of stone.

After Xiao Qiao finished speaking, Da Qiao stepped forward slowly, took out a handkerchief and wiped away Xiao Qiao's tears.Immediately she agreed with her expression absolutely: "What my sister said is exactly what I want. Wenchang bears the safety of millions of people in Xiliang, and there are hundreds of thousands of Xiliang soldiers behind him entrusting their wealth and lives to you. Gan Ning and other water thieves? If he died in the cold pool, he deserved his crime. The heavens have eyes, and he should have died a long time ago! But Wenchang can’t have accidents, let alone die, and even a slight mistake will cause unimaginable disasters. Serious consequences. If something unexpected happens to Wenchang, this chaotic world will become more and more chaotic. Countless Liming people will be devastated, starving and dying everywhere, with bones like mountains.

Therefore, my little sister and I have already discussed it.You went straight to the top of the mountain and fled from the forest, while my sister and I left as soon as we could. If we couldn’t escape, we would die. We must not fall into the hands of thieves, tarnish our innocence, and embarrass Gongjin and Wenchang! "

The words of the Er Qiao sisters moved Li Li, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and Huan Fei. The four men looked at each other at the same time, with dignified and resolute expressions, and then nodded tacitly.

Then Li Li stroked Xiao Qiao's fragrant shoulders, shook his head to Da Qiao and said: "You sisters can say these words, which makes me and Gongjin very happy. To be able to marry such a virtuous and virtuous peerless beauty like you in this life, It's not in vain for me to wait for a man to come and walk in the world for a lifetime of comfort!

However, as a man, if he can't even protect his own woman, what face does he have to live in this world, and is he worthy of being called a man?So, you two don't have to think too much, and don't worry too much, we are in front of everything.If the heavens doom us not to be able to retreat completely, then it must be that we all died in battle, and we will no longer be able to protect you comprehensively. Only then will you have a chance to show your will with death.Otherwise, don't mention the death word again, if the four of us have a breath, we won't leave your sisters alone, let alone let you have an accident! "

"My lord's words are very true. We are all eight-foot-tall masculine men, and it will never be your turn to protect you girls!" Huan Fei continued.

However, when he finished speaking, he saw Li Li, Zhou Yu and others looking at him with gloomy faces, and the Er Qiao sisters looked even more angry.

Immediately Huan Fei became excited, and quickly changed his words: "This,,, is not a woman, it should be my wife. When I got excited just now, I couldn't care about anything. Don't blame the two ladies, it's just a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue! Hehehe !"

"Hehehe!" Seeing Huan Fei's embarrassment, Li Li and the others laughed happily, and Er Qiao was not a stingy person.The same sweet smile.As a result, the gloomy and oppressive atmosphere just now was swept away, the expressions on the faces of the six people were not as heavy as before, and the gloom gradually disappeared.

Sixty steps away from the cliff where Li Li and the others were located, Gan Ning and a group of his cronies gathered together and whispered together, making the final arrangements before going into the water.

That's right, it is the final arrangement, that is, leaving a will and arranging the funeral.

Compared with Li Li and others who knew nothing about Poison Dragon Pool, the ignorant had a fearless optimistic attitude.However, Gan Ning and the others know the Poison Dragon Pond very well, like a few treasures.However, precisely because they knew too much, they felt more and more uncertain and extremely heavy.Not yet in the water.They have already determined that diving into the cold pool this time is a narrow escape, and there is almost no possibility of survival.Dead!

"Brother, let's forget about it? It's too dangerous. Going into the water is tantamount to death. We can't afford to take this risk for the sake of that piece of property that we don't know the authenticity of!"

At this moment, there were eight people around Gan Ning's confidantes, all of them were tall and sturdy men, and two of them were sitting beside Gan Ning.These two were brothers of the same clan as Gan Ning.There is a scar about five inches long on the left side of one face, with rough and ferocious face, big shoulders and round waist, this man is Gan Wu.The other person's face was also extremely ugly.He has a flat nose, a big beard, a pair of extremely protruding leopard eyes, a big nose and a big mouth, and the lower jaw is turned out, revealing two big buck teeth, making people unable to eat for three days at a glance. His name is Gan Wen.

Gan Wu and Gan Wen are a pair of brothers, known as "Wen Long Wu Hu".They are not only Gan Ning's cousins, but also his most trusted and effective subordinates. These two brothers are responsible for managing more than 1000 brothers of the Jinfan Bandit on weekdays.

At this time, the person who persuaded Gan Ning to stop was Gan Wu.Apart from Gan Ning, he is the second leader with the highest martial arts skills among the Jinfan bandits. He is superb with a spear. He has the combat power of a first-class general. .Therefore, he is quite prestige among the Jinfan thieves, his personality is the same as Gan Ning's, he likes to wear luxurious clothes, he is very ostentatious, he responds to everyone, and he is majestic wherever he goes.However, in front of Gan Ning, he was as obedient as a kitten, he didn't dare to speak loudly, let alone dance, yell, and be careful with him everywhere, for fear that Gan Ning would beat him up.

"Xiao Wu, what's the use of saying these contradictory words now?" After hearing Gan Wu's words, Gan Ning raised his eyes and glared at him, showing displeasure.

Then Gan Ning looked down at the cold pool at the foot of the mountain with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice: "I have been watching the poisonous dragon pool for three years instead of a day or two! For this reason, we have built hundreds of brothers in the past three years. Finally, it was discovered that there was indeed a considerable amount of treasure accumulated at the bottom of the cold pool. These years, the brothers squandered good wine and meat every day, and most of the money was bought by the dead brothers. Tan stealing treasures, so we have a good life today.

However, the property on the edge of the cold pool has been salvaged by us now, and if we want to get the treasure, we can only dive into the bottom of the pool, there is no other way.But the bottom of the pool is the lair of the poisonous dragon, if you want to salvage the treasure, you must alarm the poisonous dragon.We led our troops to come three times before, not to mention returning empty-handed each time, just talking about the hundreds of brothers who died tragically under the claws of the poisonous dragon. Dragon! "

After a pause, Gan Ning turned his head to look at Li Li who was standing on the cliff, and said in a deep voice, "It just so happens that this time we meet such a ruthless character as Li Li, if we don't make good use of it, then our brother will have a bad life in the future It is easy to suffer from cold and starvation. If there is no money, who will follow us as water thieves, who will work for me, Gan Ning, and what can we do to help the poor and the common people?"

"This,,, brother, we can rob ships and get money!" Baoya Ganwen continued.

"Slap!" Gan Ning's face changed when he heard the words, he raised his hand and slapped Gan Wen on the head, Gan Wen's cheeks twitched, his teeth grinned in pain, but he didn't dare to cry out in pain.

"Snatch? It sounds good! There are wars everywhere these days. How many ferry boats pass along the river every day? You can't meet a fat sheep for ten days and a half months. It's hard to meet people crossing the river by boat, and most of them are fleeing. The vagrants are poor and have no oil or water at all. How many looting operations like this have we encountered? If we count on robbing to survive, I’m afraid I’ll starve to death long ago!”

Speaking of this, Gan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down his anger, and continued: "All these years, my brothers have been rich and rich, and spend money like water. They are used to living a good life, and they can't live a poor life at all. If we suddenly lack money and cut off our salary, Maybe the brothers will disperse in a rush, and then we will be annexed by Zhou Heizi and Jiang Duchong, and we will be reduced to poor worms under the hedge of others!"

"This,,,,,,," Gan Wu wanted to answer the words, but swallowed them back, fearing that Gan Ning would be beaten if he said something that would make Gan Ning unhappy.

"Say what you have to say, what are you going to do!" Gan Ning showed displeasure when he saw it, but he didn't make a move, and said in a deep voice, "Say it, no matter right or wrong, I won't hit you, that's all right !"

Gan Wu hesitated when he heard the words: "Brother, you mean what you say, don't you go back on your word?"

Emphasizing what Gan Ning said, after seeing Gan Ning nod his head slightly, Gan Wu said boldly, "Brother just said that there is no money to be made in looting along the river, so we can go ashore and rob the surrounding villages and towns? This is on both sides of the river." There are countless villages and towns, there are not three thousand, but there are eight hundred. With so many towns and villages placed there, why should the brothers not live a good life!"

"Boom!" Before Gan Wu finished speaking, he was kicked by Gan Ning and turned over, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, his face was covered with dirt, he was in a terrible embarrassment.

"Brother, why did you backtrack and say in advance that you won't do anything?" Gan Wu stood up and said in a low voice.