Chen Rongsheng
Chapter 200 Shadows in the Palace
I saw that this figure was not standing in the Crystal Palace, but lying in the middle room, behaving properly and quietly, without moving at all. But looking at her figure and temperament, she did indeed resemble Xiao Mei Jie.
But no matter what, we were still some distance away from the Crystal Palace, and the Immortal Cave above was the only place in the entire ancient tomb that let in light. It was probably already evening, and the light had dimmed a lot, making it impossible to see clearly.
At this time, Lao Wei pulled out a good thing from his backpack as if by magic. I took one look and immediately laughed: "Damn! Binoculars! How did you bring such a treasure?"
Lao Wei smiled smugly and said, "When *xunlong fenjin kan chanshan* (searching for the dragon and dividing the gold by looking at the mountains), relying on a pair of eyes is not enough. Binoculars are my good helper! How about it? Is it useful now?"
After speaking, he directly looked at the Crystal Palace with the binoculars and immediately啧啧(zeze) said, "It's really a girl, and she looks quite young."
"Let me see! Let me see!" I quickly grabbed Lao Wei's arm and said.
"Don't snatch! Don't snatch! You brat, why are you so anxious when you hear it's a young girl? It's not like I won't let you see!" Lao Wei said, laughing and crying. After speaking, he handed the binoculars to me.
I took the binoculars and took a look at the direction of the Crystal Palace. As a result, just this one glance almost made me faint on the spot!
Because the girl lying in this Crystal Palace looked very familiar!
Although I couldn't see the girl's facial features clearly through the translucent crystal wall, judging from her figure, her temperament, her hairstyle, and her face shape, I vaguely felt that this girl was none other than Xiao Mei Jie, whom I had been thinking about day and night!
"It's Xiao Mei Jie!"
"The one lying in the Crystal Palace is my Xiao Mei Jie!"
I held the binoculars and shouted almost hoarsely.
Lao Wei didn't quite believe it when he heard this and asked in surprise: "Really? Xiao Chen, are you sure? Could you be mistaken? This Crystal Palace is translucent, can you see clearly what the person inside looks like?"
Xiao Liang was also skeptical. She said in a low voice, "Chen Rongsheng, could it be that you miss Xiao Mei Jie too much, and that's why you've mistaken someone else for her."
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" I said quickly, "I've been with Xiao Mei Jie day and night for so long, how could I mistake her?"
After speaking, I simply handed the binoculars to Hu Wazi.
Among the group of people present, besides me, Hu Wazi was the most familiar with Xiao Mei Jie.
When Hu Wazi heard that the person in the Crystal Palace was Xiao Mei Jie, he couldn't restrain himself anymore. Without me even asking, he walked to my side in two or three steps and eagerly asked, "Brother-in-law, are you sure that the one lying in this Crystal Palace is An'an?"
I said, "I'm sure. If you don't believe me, take a look too. If the two of us vouch for it together, we can't be wrong."
Hu Wazi immediately took the binoculars and said excitedly, "Let me see, let me see if it's my sister!"
After speaking, he raised the binoculars and looked in the direction of the Crystal Palace. I also stared at him nervously, afraid that I had mistaken someone else for Xiao Mei Jie.
As a result, after Hu Wazi took two glances, I saw his body start to tremble.
At this time, he said loudly: "Damn! This is definitely An'an! This girl is definitely An'an! Brother-in-law is not mistaken, she looks like my An'an to me too!"
With Hu Wazi's words, I felt relieved.
I quickly pointed at the Crystal Palace and said, "Xiao Mei Jie is in the Crystal Palace! Lao Wei, let's go to the Crystal Palace now! Hurry!"
Lao Wei and Xiao Liang didn't expect that they were originally going to the Crystal Palace to catch Liu Huangshu, but how did they suddenly find Xiao Mei Jie?
The few of them quickly nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go, to the Crystal Palace!"
At this time, Hu Wazi turned to look at the old man who was leading the way and asked, "Old man, when did my An'an go to the Crystal Palace?"
The old man didn't know anything either and shook his head, saying, "I haven't seen any An'an. These days, I've only seen a few male tomb robbers, I haven't seen any girls..."
Hu Wazi was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. Anyway, after going to the Crystal Palace and rescuing Xiao Mei Jie, the truth would naturally come out.
He kicked the old man's butt and urged, "Lead the way! Hurry! Take us to the Crystal Palace!"
The old man didn't dare to resist and could only lead us towards the rope bridge.
This rope bridge was built with bronze chains and covered with stone slabs that were more than two meters wide and ten centimeters thick. When a few of us walked up together, the rope bridge immediately shook violently.
At this time, Lao Wei quickly stopped us and said, "Stop! This rope bridge is several thousand years old, I don't know how many people it can hold. Don't all come up together, let's cross in batches!"
The old man also nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes, this rope bridge may not be strong. How about this, we'll cross five people at a time!"
Speaking of this, the old man and Lao Wei took the lead in walking up.
Hu Wazi and I were anxious to see Xiao Mei Jie, so we certainly wouldn't be willing to fall behind.
When Xiao Liang saw me going up, she followed. In this way, we gathered five people.
Lao Wei waved his hand to the other Xiaoling Guards, Er Jun, Yun Jie and the others and said, "You guys wait for the next trip. After we get to the other side, you can get on the bridge."
The others had no objections and waved to us.
Er Jun even told us, "Be careful!"
We nodded and, led by the old man, walked towards the other side along the swaying rope bridge. We were just about to reach the middle of the rope bridge, and we were only seven or eight steps away from the other side.
But at this moment, a figure suddenly flashed out from the opposite bridgehead. The figure looked tall and big, especially his two arms, which were particularly long, like an ape's!
As soon as I saw this figure, I immediately recognized him!
This guy was none other than Liu Huangshu, the *zhiguo ren* (pot setter) tomb robber!
He was also the one who caused our car accident before!
When he saw us halfway across, he took out a pickaxe without saying a word and凿(zao)ed at the chains of the rope bridge, wanting to break the rope bridge and make us fall off the bridge!
Seeing this scene, Hu Wazi became anxious on the spot and cursed, "艹! You bastard, stop for me!"
But Liu Huangshu didn't stop at all, nor did he talk to us. He desperately 凿(zao)ed the rope bridge, making the rope bridge shake even more violently.
Seeing that the rope bridge was about to be 凿(zao)ed off by him, Lao Wei decisively took out his gun and fired a shot above his head, shouting, "Stop! If you 凿(zao) the bridge again, I'll shoot you!"