Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 103 Giant Snake
In the early morning of the next day, when Li Lijun was having his meal, Ding Wulang came to look for Nanny Cui.He wanted to discuss something with Nanny Cui.

When he got up early to inspect the surrounding areas of Bieye, he met an old farmer who mentioned that there might be wind and rain in the Guanzhong area tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and it might not be finished in a day or two. The plan of Chang'an City.Therefore, he specially came to discuss with Cui Momo, to see if he could leave early and return to Beijing?

Ding Wulang also knew that Si Niangzi had intended to bury Princess Heir in the Saga Mountain area, and even had some clues about the location of the cemetery. He felt that the purpose of this trip had been achieved, and he could go back to Beijing to return.

Nanny Cui didn't dare to go beyond Li Lijun to make a decision now, she asked Ding Wulang to wait in the study first, and she went to ask the little lady for instructions.

Li Lijun is planning to take action against Toad, how could he be willing to leave now?Although the toad can't be solved within a day or two, as long as it is still here, her dojo can't be settled for a day. She must at least do some preparations first, even if it's just intelligence gathering!

So she said to Nanny Cui: "Of course I don't want to be trapped here, but since it might rain tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, is there still time to start now? Sanyuan County is more than a hundred miles away from Chang'an City. We It’s good to be able to walk seventy miles a day, but it takes two days to get home. What if it rains suddenly on the way, without going to the village or back to the store?”

Mrs. Shao also said to Nanny Cui: "Yes, mother-in-law, if it rains in the day after tomorrow, it's fine if we set off today, and we can make it back to Beijing in time. If it rains tomorrow, so many of us may be sleepy." We are on the way. Even if we live in a station or an inn, how can it be as comfortable as Wangfu Bieye? Not to mention that this was once the property of the master, and we are most familiar with the surrounding personnel and roads. Little lady The body is still weak, if it rains or catches a cold, it’s not a joke. If we don’t take good care of the little lady, how can we have the face to see the master and the lady?”

Nanny Cui was immediately convinced, and sent Ding Wulang away with the same reason.Ding Wulang didn't insist, he just increased the number of inspections on the periphery of Bieye.He also sent someone to rush back to the capital on horseback, and reported to the King of Sui that the fourth wife, Li Lijun, was stranded in Sanyuan due to the weather, and by the way, he also mentioned that the location of the heir princess Chen's cemetery had already been planned.With these, I believe that Sui Wang and Hei Wang will know that Si Niangzi has done business on her trip, and her stay on the way is just an accident, not intentional delay.

Erhong heard about Ding Wulang's actions, and reported to Li Lijun when he came back.Li Lijun knew that Ding Wulang also had good intentions, so he didn't say much, but asked the servants to take care of the food and daily life of the guards, and buy a batch of good-quality rain gear to deal with the next heavy rain.

While everyone around him was busy preparing for the heavy rain tomorrow, Li Lijun stayed in the room alone, practicing several unfamiliar spells and a set of sword techniques that he was used to.After dark, she quietly sent out the little black crane in her hand, and lurked to the halfway up the mountain of Wutai, Sitai and Santai respectively, but they were all at least 500 meters away from the toad and the nascent spirit vein.In the middle of the night, when the drone detected the toad reappearing on the top of Sitai Peak and issued an alarm to Li Lijun, she commanded the little black cranes to sneak into the woods where the toad used to hide , and convenient observation positions on the two peaks of Santai and Wutai.

The little black cranes all have powerful concealment symbols on their bodies, which are enough to cover up the spiritual power fluctuations that occur when they are running.They also have a grassy smell that is consistent with the surrounding environment, and even animals with a developed sense of taste will not notice the difference.

Li Lijun asked Erhong, Mrs. Shao, and Nanny Cui to borrow the bronze mirrors they usually use. Now, together with his own bronze mirrors, they are lined up on the floor, and there are porcelain bowls filled with water in front of each bronze mirror. , Xianlu is placed on the side, ready to use at any time.She also arranged a small spirit-gathering array beside her, and put a dozen or so low-level spirit stones on it, in case her cultivation base was limited and her magic power would not continue midway.After thinking about it, she used more materials to arrange a protective magic circle with breath-suppressing effect on the periphery of the spirit-gathering circle, so as not to disturb others by her movement here.

After all these preparations were completed, Mr. Li Li recited the formula, so that the vision of each little black crane was connected to the water bowl and the bronze mirror in front of him, just like dividing the monitoring screen on a computer screen, monitoring five "cameras" at the same time. ", to ensure that I will not miss any movement of Toad.

The wind outside the house began to intensify at some point, shaking the shadows of the trees, and there was a faint flash of thunder behind the clouds in the sky. It seemed that the old farmer's words were about to be fulfilled, and it was indeed going to rain heavily in the Guanzhong area.

Li Lijun was a little worried about the drone in the sky, so he simply called it back. After thinking about it, he drew a waterproof and lightning-proof rune, reinforced the concealment rune, and then put it back.

Nanny Cui walked around the courtyard with a lantern, checking the doors and windows, and saw that Li Lijun was still asleep, and was about to persuade her, but Li Lijun raised her index finger and let out a "shh", she hesitated, and saw Li Lijun lined up in front of her again. Tong Jing seemed to be trying to do something, so he didn't dare to say anything, turned around and left quickly, not forgetting to tell Er Hong not to disturb the little lady.

The courtyard quickly calmed down.Li Lijun stared at several mirrors intermittently, and saw that the toad had finished training and wanted to return to its hiding place, so he sat up straight and stared at it with all his attention.

At this moment, Toad suddenly stopped moving, and moved his head slowly, as if he had discovered something.

Li Lijun didn't dare to show his anger, and immediately thought about whether there were any omissions in his arrangement, and whether it might be easily discovered by Toad.

However, Toad's sight skipped the direction where she arranged the little black crane, and he didn't notice the drone above his head.It turned its slightly bulky body directly, with its head facing west, lying on the ground, making a precautionary persuasion, its belly bulging and making a grunting sound.After a while, it opened its mouth and said, "Come out!"

Li Lijun was taken aback, thinking that this toad can be cultivated, but it can speak human language!

However, the toad wasn't talking to her. He kept staring at the position west of the ridge, and his eyes became more red, almost glowing red.

At this moment, there was movement in the west of the mountain ridge.Through the vision of the eyes of the little black crane on the top of Wutai Peak, Li Lijun faintly saw some long object climbing up from the bottom of the mountain wall, and slowly came to a place about ten feet away from the toad.

A thunderbolt flashed across the sky, illuminating the entire Saga mountaintop in an instant, and let Li Lijun see clearly what that long object was—it was a thick giant snake!

This snake is at least twice as thick as a human's waist, and is three feet long. Its body is pitch black, its surface is covered with scales, and its head is ferocious.

Toad seemed to know the snake: "Is that you? What are you doing here? This is not your place!"

The snake hissed at it, and the toad moaned, eyes drooping, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."

The giant snake straightened its upper body violently, opened its mouth and spit out a big fireball at the toad, at least three feet in diameter.

Toad's body looks bulky, but his jumping movements are very agile.It quickly dodged the fireball, opened its mouth and cursed at the giant snake: "Why are you so crazy?!" It opened its mouth and sprayed a stream of venom at the giant snake. The giant snake shook its body and also avoided it.

The fireball landed in the forest below the four peaks, and in the blink of an eye several trees were burned to black charcoal.The venom hit the stone wall under Wutai Peak, quickly corroding a hole.But neither the giant snake nor the toad took a second look.

Li Lijun has long been dumbfounded in front of the bronze mirror.

(End of this chapter)