Tang riddles

Yixu, the only son of the Yi family's generation, is five years older than Xiongniang, counting, he is already past his age.About half a year before the massacre at Princess Taiping's Mansion, the former head of the Yi family passed away. Yi Xu, who was serving in the army abroad at the time, took funeral leave and returned to Chang'an.That was the last time that Yingniang met her elder brother. Not long after the funeral was settled, Yixu left Chang'an and returned to the army. Since then, there has been no news.

She never imagined that her elder brother, whom she had been missing for 18 years and thought she was no longer alive, would meet her again in such a situation under such circumstances.The moment she recognized him, her mind went blank.Later, in Huta's description, she gradually realized clearly what her elder brother had done to destroy humanity.Not to mention what he did in the dark, just saying that he pushed Zhang Ruohan off the cliff at the edge of the hanging coffin burial cliff in Jiangling, causing Zhang Ruohan to almost lose his life, that is already unforgivable.And what he did in the maze aggravated his crime even more. The stabbing of Wu Ya, the knocking of Shen Jin, and his attempt to attack Zhang Ruohan again undoubtedly made it impossible to let Xiao Yan know. Mother felt chilling.Her heart seemed to be crushed one after another, dripping with blood, and the pain pierced to the bone.

With a "plop", she couldn't help but knelt down in front of Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan, and said in a painful voice:

"My family is unlucky. My Yi family has assisted the Yin family for generations. I didn't expect...but such a traitor appeared, and almost killed the head and wife of the family. I, Yi, don't know how to make amends..." She kowtowed, already speechless.

Shen Sui is a child raised by Yiyan, and she has almost never heard Yiyan call her "house master". In Yiyan's eyes, she, including the qin slave and the lotus maid, are all children she loves. She has never used such blunt and distant titles as "Patriarch" and "Madame".However, this time, she knelt in front of herself and Lotus Maid, and used such a title, which showed how heartbroken she was.At this moment, what she represents is not her personally, but the entire Yi family, representing this ancient and loyal family that has accompanied the Yin family for more than 2000 years.

"Xiaoniang, don't do this." Zhang Ruohan's tears welled up, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Yiqian, but Yingniang kowtowed on the ground, unable to pull her up.

"Tiaoniang..." Shen Sui's voice sounded low and depressed, "If you still think of me as Xiao Chishi, your raised daughter, then don't say such things again. You are you, your elder brother is you Brother, you don't need to bear his fault. Get up quickly, don't torture me..." As she spoke, she took hold of the girl's right arm and pulled her up vigorously.Lieniang couldn't stand stably, so Shen Sui half-supported and half-hugged Lieniang around her arms, and tens of thousands of words were contained in her tightened arms.Tiao Niang choked up, and a mournful sobbing sound came out of her throat.In an instant, Hutuo's eyes turned red, and the lotus maidservant burst into tears.Even Shen Jin, who was not very conscious, was sobbing.

After embracing and weeping for a while, Shen Sui let go of his arms, supported Xiaoniang, wiped away her tears and said:

"Calm down, girl, this is not a place to stay for a long time, nor is it a place to talk. We are short on time, we have to keep going up. If you have anything to say, let's talk on the way."

"Hmm..." Tiao Niang nodded repeatedly, wiped her weeping face with her sleeve, and tried her best.Shen Sui and his party set off again, heading for the sixth floor.

Shen Sui once again planned to pick up Shen Jin, but Shen Jin pressed against her shoulder and shook his head:

【Sister, just keep me here. I just saw that there is a gap under the water tank on this floor, and there is a black cloth hanging down. Just hide us in it, and nothing will happen. 】

"But..." Shen Sui said nervously.

[You can't help us if you take us with you. If we encounter enemies on the upper floor, we will easily become the target of attack and will definitely drag you down.Please, sister, just listen to me in this critical time. 】Shen Jin said.

Shen Sui gritted his teeth, struggled for a moment and said:

"I can listen to you, but if something happens, how do you call for help?"

【I'll be fine. 】 Shen Jin gritted his teeth.

Shen Sui looked at her, she knew that her sister hadn't considered this issue at all, because she didn't know the answer either.But seeing her firm expression, Shen Sui hesitated.She looked at Zhang Ruohan, Xiongniang and Hutuo who were beside her. They just shook their heads. It didn't mean that they disagreed, but that they would not make decisions for her.

"Okay, if you're really in danger, you can blow this." Shen Sui gave her the whistle he was wearing to ward off birds.

【Um! 】 Shen Jin Zheng nodded.

"Khuta, come and help."

Shen Sui and Hu Tuo worked together to hide Shen Jin, Qianhe, and Wu Ya directly under the water tank. There was a wooden frame built of rough wood as a platform, and a layer of black cloth was spread on it. It just covered the scene under the platform.Come to think of it, if it is inferred according to common sense, Anna Yi and her group who came from the rear should not have checked the situation of each floor in detail. Their goal was Party A. Before they met Party A, they must have traveled as fast as possible. up.

I hope they won't find that Qin Nu and others are hiding below. Shen Sui is not a gambler, and he is very unwilling to take this risk, but Shen Jin is right. The higher you go, the more dangerous it is. What happened is unpredictable.Even if she took Shen Jin with her, it would be of no avail. Only her and Hu Tuo were left in combat, and it was impossible to protect so many people. The lesser of two evils was a choice made out of desperation.

After hiding the three of them, Shen Sui deliberately left a dagger for Shen Jin to hold in her hand for self-defense.

"Remember, if someone approaches, stab the opponent's ankle first. If you are not sure, don't use the knife, lest you hurt yourself or be taken away by the opponent. Find the best time, and then use the knife."

Shen Jin nodded, Shen Sui pinched her face in the end like when she was a child, gritted her teeth, and left with Yingniang, Hutuo and Zhang Ruohan.The man in black robe should be called Yixu now, Shen Sui will not keep him here, he has to bring this man to his master, she will settle all kindness and grudges ledger.

She led the way ahead, Hutuo followed closely with Yixu on his shoulders, and Zhang Ruohan followed behind with her support on her mother.A group of people quickly climbed to the sixth floor.

If there are nine floors of a pavilion, the first floor represents the earth, the second floor is humans, the third floor is wood, the fourth floor is beasts, and the fifth floor is water, then there is still heaven left, and the six priests are all in place. .If the sun, moon and fire are counted, it can make up nine layers. Shen Sui speculates that the sixth layer may be the moon.

Facts have proved that her speculation is not wrong.As soon as she reached the sixth floor, she saw Cong Yu in the center of a large formation.In that formation, a round of the last quarter moon was drawn, and there was a round of small golden yang on the abdomen of the last quarter moon, surrounded by seven-pointed stars, and the fire was in the most conspicuous corner facing south, and its status was obviously higher than that of the other six elements. .

"Congyu?!" Shen Sui hurried to catch up.Looking closely, she found that Cong Yu was sitting with her eyes half closed, her head bowed and her knees crossed in the center of the formation, with her sword across her lap.

"Cong Yu?" Shen Sui stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her eyes, and found that her pupils did not follow her palm at all, and her attention seemed to be completely out of reality.Shen Sui gently checked her nose, her breathing was normal.

"What's the matter?" Liao Niang stepped forward, wanting to pull Cong Yu's hand to cut his pulse.As a result, just as her fingertips touched Congyu's wrist, suddenly, Congyu's wrist flipped, and she had already grasped the hilt of the sword on her knee.

"Be careful!" Shen Sui reacted extremely quickly, with a push, he suddenly overturned the girl to the ground, and almost in the next moment, Cong Yu swung his sword and slashed the girl where she was just now.

The sword fell through the air, Cong Yu swung his sword again, and was about to attack Lienniang again, the snow knife in Shen Sui's hand had already been revealed, he poked forward, and blocked the sword with a "clang".

From Yu turned around and stood up, her attack target was always locked on the body of Ji Niang for some reason.Going to attack Yingniang again, this attack is a stab, Shen Sui dodges in time to block in front of Yingniang, and defuses this move with a slash of the blade.She felt that the power coming from the end of Yujian was far greater than her previous strength level, but her attacking movements seemed stiff, lacking the agility of the past.The moves are monotonous, mainly chopping and slashing, completely losing the elegance and agility of the Taoist swordsmanship she has practiced.

Eighty percent of them are like Qianzuru, controlled by drugs.Shen Sui came to a conclusion.

"Xiaoniang, hurry up, Hutuo, protect her and hide at the corner of the stairs first!"

"Yes!" Hutuo had rushed up, pulled up the frightened Mei Niang, and dragged her to the stairs.

This movement of the bride once again attracted Congyu to change the attack direction, she turned around and was about to catch up.However, Shen Sui stopped in front of her, always blocking her way.She seemed to become irritable, her breathing was heavy, the long sword in her hand slashed indiscriminately, and she attacked Shen Sui with great strength.But for Shen Sui, her martial arts skills are light and agile, such reckless slashes can be easily avoided, and they do not pose any threat to her.She easily walked around Cong Yu's back, cut her neck with a wave of her hand, and knocked her out.

"This girl... what's going on..." The girl was still in shock.

"Just like Qianhe, he was poisoned by heart poison and controlled by hypnosis." Shen Sui said helplessly, "And I guess, we will be in the same situation when we go up to the seventh floor, and the people we meet will most likely be Congyun, let's go, and leave Congyu here."

Indeed, as she expected, on the seventh floor, she once again saw the formation pattern almost exactly the same as that on the sixth floor. The only difference was that the sun and the moon switched primary and secondary, which meant that this floor was the layer of the sun.And it was indeed Cong Yun who was trapped in this layer.Shen Sui didn't disturb him, and signaled everyone to be quiet, quietly walked around behind Cong Yun, and went upstairs.Due to the special structure of the nine-storey pavilion, the exit of the stairs from the lower floor to this floor is not on the same side as the entrance of the stairs from this floor to the upper floor, and one must cross this floor to reach the stairs leading to the next floor , so this became a necessary step.

I thought that if I didn't get close and didn't make a sound, I wouldn't disturb the walking dead Cong Yun, but the accident still happened.The moment Yanniang passed by Congyun's back, Congyun suddenly moved, he suddenly got up from the ground, and slashed out with the long sword lying across his knees, facing the face of Jiuniang. and go.

Fortunately, Shen Sui has always been tense and alert, as soon as Congyun moved, she moved, immediately blocked the sudden sword, and then she wrestled with Congyun again, while Hutuo protected Yingniang and Zhang Ruohan, going to Go up the stairs.

Congyun is more difficult to deal with than Congyu, one is more powerful, and two is more vigorous and swift than Congyu.However, when he was awake, he was no match for Shen Sui, let alone in the state of being in a state of insanity, he just wanted to attack Mei Niang ignorantly, and in the end, like Cong Yu, he was knocked unconscious on the floor by Shen Sui.

"These kids are crazy." Liao Niang was shocked and angry, her words were full of grief.

"Xiaoniang, is there something on you? Why are you the target of their attacks?"

Tiao Niang was a little confused, she touched the wet clothes on her body, and finally found that the white jade bottle she put in the leather pouch on her waist was broken, and the medicine inside flowed out, exuding a faint herbal smell.

"What is this?" Shen Sui asked.

"It's the potion I gave Qianhe to suppress poisonous hair. Could it be that Congyun Congyu attacked me because he smelled the potion on me?" Twinkle Niang guessed.

Hu Tuo gritted his teeth and said angrily, "It's insidious. Not only do they not intend to give us an antidote, but they also intend to completely kill the girl who can make the antidote, and try to kill her by all means."

"No, if they really intend to kill the girl, they shouldn't give us a chance to save her. It's superfluous. There should be other reasons. Moreover, even if they want to use the smell of the potion to lure Congyun Congyu Why don't you just add the potion to the water tank when you attack the frown girl? Just smashing a small bottle in this skin bag, how can it guarantee the effect?" Shen Sui frowned, but couldn't think of the reason for a while.

"Chishi, let's go up first, time is running out." Zhang Ruohan said.

Shen Sui nodded.

However, the situation on the eighth floor of the pavilion completely left Shen Sui and the others at a loss.

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