I have flowers, do you have pots?

After seeing off the prince, the three of them set off on the road early the next morning, continuing to investigate the origin of the tribute tea.Finally leaving the dangerous manor house, the little flower demon only felt a long sigh of relief, leaned on the carriage and poked her head out, and the big goose that was chasing after it secretly made a face.

Seeing that the white goose was about to catch up again, the hopeless little flower demon hastily retreated into the carriage.But after sitting for a while, he felt bored, and threw himself to the other side to open the window: "Sir, I also want to ride a horse..."

"Let's leave Chenzhou first, and I'll ask you to ride a horse when we get out, okay?"

Mu Xianyu coaxed him warmly, and then patiently patted him on the head: "Are you hungry? I told Zhiming to go ahead and buy some food, so we won't stop on the way."

The manor where they stayed last night was originally the ancestral property of his and his second brother's mother's family, thinking that it should be trustworthy after all, so he didn't pay much attention to it.But when he was leaving this morning, the flickering expression of the owner's hesitation caused him unstoppable doubts. Although he didn't find any traces of tracking along the way, he was always inexplicably uneasy, and always felt that he couldn't say no. There will be no surprises.

"I'm not hungry yet, just eat later."

Mo Zhi nodded obediently, and was about to retreat into the carriage to listen to his little brother's words, when his expression suddenly changed slightly.Sniffing his nose and sniffing carefully for a while, he frowned slightly and said softly: "Little brother, I seem to smell the smell of tung oil—it's very close, it should be right next to us..."

What monsters of the vegetation type are most afraid of is fire, and they have always been extremely sensitive to these things that can make fire.As soon as she smelled the scent of tung oil, the little flower demon instinctively felt some fear, but she still bravely did not run away immediately.With a serious expression, he raised his head and reported the letter to his little brother, but the hand holding the window sill was already faintly white with tension.

"Tung oil?"

With the oleander incident last time, Ji Ming now has no doubts in Mo Zhi.Hearing this, he immediately reined in the horse and stopped the carriage, looked around vigilantly, but couldn't help but frowned and shook his head: "No, this place is very open, even if there is tung oil, it is impossible to really start the fire ..."

"The tung oil may not be used for setting fires—now that it is clear, immediately hide the carriage in the woods. You don't need to bring anything except gold and silver. You can untie a horse and ride it yourself."

Mu Xianyu looked around intently, and some understanding flashed in his eyes, and he spoke decisively after a moment of pondering.Immediately, he reined in his horse and stretched out his hand towards Mo Zhi who had jumped off the carriage: "Mo Zhi, sit on the horseback, sir will take you through this section of the road on horseback."

Although his heart was still nervous due to instinct, Mo Zhi still responded obediently, took Mu Xianyu's hand for a little help, and sat firmly on Taxue's back.Mu Xianyu held him in his arms to protect him, looked around vigilantly, and pointed at a forest with his whip: "Mo Zhi, is the smell of tung oil coming from there?"

Mo Zhi frowned and sniffed carefully, then nodded vigorously.Mu Xianyu nodded slightly, seeing that he had already hidden the car, he shook the reins and clamped the horse's belly forcefully: "Tread the snow, rush over!"

Taxue let out a long hiss and the wind was blowing on his four hooves, he rushed towards the dense forest in front without hesitation, and Ji Ming also rode his horse to follow closely behind.Suddenly there was a crisp sound of the machine being pulled from the side, and the three of them rushed into the forest with two riders, when they heard an ear-splitting roar that almost cracked the ground behind them.

Zhiming's horse was just an ordinary horse, much less courageous than Treading Snow, and it stamped its hooves in a panic and kept spinning around.Gritting his teeth, Ming Ming reined in the horse forcefully, took a chance to look back, and was drenched in a cold sweat by the sight in front of him: "The siege crossbow... are these people crazy? A siege crossbow How much does it cost to bombard us with a siege crossbow, are you planning to bombard us until there are not even bones left?"

"Siming, you really—"

Mu Xianyu laughed helplessly, reined in the reins and waited for him to calm down the frightened horse, rubbed his forehead and smiled wryly: "I always have a headache and you talk a lot, but I don't know that you are always nagging at such a time... "

"Master, it's time like this, so don't make fun of me."

With a weak sigh, he finally calmed down the frightened black horse, but he still couldn't help turning his head back frequently: "It's strange—why no one chased after them, and they didn't care about it after releasing the slaves?"

"If someone is really guarding, and if they see us coming, they will detain the mechanism, and give us a chance to hide things?"

Mu Xianyu threw a ball of extremely thin fishing line to him, shook his head and chuckled: "Except for the road we came from, there are such fishing lines on three sides, as long as it touches it, the siege crossbow will immediately They were released. If I guessed correctly, they would probably be ambushing us on our way, so that no matter which direction we choose, we would all be near death—if Mo Zhi hadn’t discovered it in time, it would probably be exactly what you said , will be blasted to death.”

The little flower demon who was named and praised still had some uneasy paleness on her face. She grabbed her little brother's arm and turned around to look around. He trembled: "How big a tree must be used to make such a big arrow..."

Although he knew that the little guy's attention was not quite the same as that of ordinary people, Mu Xianyu couldn't help but raised his eyebrows slightly, and with a helpless smile in his eyes, he rubbed his head comfortingly: "The siege crossbow is It is specially used to break city gates. The crossbow bed is bigger than a carriage, and the body of the crossbow is made of a whole piece of wood. This thing is always expensive, and no one is willing to use it only once, so it is usually soaked in tung oil. Take it back, and take it out next time you use it—”

"Master, you can wait until Ansheng is alive to talk about gossip, let's leave the place of right and wrong first..."

Seeing that His Royal Highness started to tell stories again, Ji Ming only felt a headache, and tried his best to calm down and interrupted his words.Mu Xianyu didn't care, just waved his hand, and thoughtfully said: "I just can't figure it out, siege crossbows are very rare, and there are only three in the army, and you need a tiger talisman order to get them out—they Where did you come up with such a fight, why do you have to use such painstaking means to deal with me?"

"Let's not talk about this time, last time I used that copper beast to smash down hard, I didn't feel where Gao Ming went - who knows what they think, maybe they are afraid that our death will not be clean enough?"

Ji Ming shook his head resentfully, and couldn't help complaining in a low voice.Mu Xianyu's expression suddenly became condensed, and he returned to the horse and looked in the direction of the capital thoughtfully, his eyes flashed a little dullness: "If you don't tell me, I haven't thought of it... Mo Zhi, you and the two of you first Brother Ming wait here, I have to go back and have a look at that siege crossbow."

Mo Zhi nodded obediently, and was about to jump off the horse and wait aside, when something in his sleeve suddenly groaned.The little flower demon's expression changed slightly in an instant, and she subconsciously clenched the wooden box containing the Gu worms, feeling uneasy in her heart.

This Gu worm would never sing by itself for no reason at ordinary times, once it made a sound, it meant that the little brother must be in danger again - although he didn't want to go against the wishes of the little brother, he couldn't just let that person put himself in danger like this.

With the thought in his mind, Mo Zhi suddenly hugged Mu Xianyu's arm involuntarily, and shook his head seriously: "I'm not waiting here, I want to go with my little brother!"

"Okay, then you go with Mr.

Mu Xianyu hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly, and told Ji Ming to stay where he was, and turned his horse's head towards the place where the siege crossbow fell.Mo Zhi tightly clutched the wooden box in his sleeve, and looked around vigilantly at the movement around him. He felt uneasy and couldn't help whispering: "Sir, are there any assassins in ambush around here?"

"Not yet, we have to move faster, otherwise we're afraid it won't be long."

Mu Xianyu replied warmly, reined in the horse and turned down beside the giant crossbow, hugged Mo Zhi, and led him to look carefully at the strangeness on the siege crossbow.

A siege crossbow was nearly ten feet long, and one person could barely hug the crossbow. Looking at the plowed ditches on the ground made one's heart tremble. Mo Zhi was rushed back two steps by the smell of tung oil. Instinctively hiding behind the little brother, Mu Xianyu rubbed his head comfortingly, and quickly walked over to look at the crossbow, his eyes finally sank completely.

"Sir, there are paintings on it!"

After getting used to the smell of tung oil for a while, Mo Zhi gradually became more courageous. He stepped forward carefully to look at this giant crossbow, and saw the complicated figure engraved on it at a glance.Mu Xianyu rarely responded to his words immediately, and after a moment of silence, he raised his hand and pressed his shoulder, shook his head and said slowly: "This is not a painting, it is a unique mark of the military - this one is a tiger. The siege crossbow of the leopard cavalry, look at the pattern on it, if you look carefully, you can see the fierce tiger and leopard."

If it hadn't been for the mention of the bronze beast just now, he would never have thought about it—the last time he didn't want to pursue it, it was not just because he was used to the ubiquitous accidents, but because of the one that returned. Behind Yunge is Fuguo Duke's Mansion.Gao Jingyuan, Duke Fu of the current court, was the grandfather of himself and his second brother, and this tiger and leopard cavalry was the most elite army of the Xuan Dynasty, which had been in charge of Duke Fu for many years.

"Little brother..."

Sensing the ups and downs of his breath, the little flower demon again forgot the rules of addressing him, tugged on his sleeve worriedly, and called out in a low voice.

Mu Xianyu was pulled back from his contemplation by his voice, and only then did he realize that he couldn't stay here for a long time, and he made a plan by sweeping around.Patted the back of the young man beside him, leaned slightly and said slowly: "Mo Zhi, this siege crossbow can't be left here, it has to be burned here - if you are afraid of fire, hide behind the sir, It won't hurt you, don't be afraid."

As soon as he said he was going to light the fire, Mo Zhi's face turned pale, but he nodded obediently, and hid behind him by pulling off his little brother's clothes.Mu Xianyu took out a fire pocket from his pocket, tested the wind direction, and threw it down. The siege crossbow was covered with tung oil, and it could be ignited with a little spark. , but he didn't look any more, he got on his horse with Mo Zhi in his arms, and rushed towards the forest.

"This way you can set fire...it's amazing!"

It was the first time I saw how the fire started with my own eyes. The little flower demon didn't feel the fear as imagined. Instead, she felt nervous and excited. The two of them had already driven out for a long way, but they couldn't help but paw at the little girl. The older brother's arms looked back.Mu Xianyu couldn't help laughing helplessly, and spread out a hand to gently rub his head, threateningly said: "Children can't play with fire, they will wet the bed."

"what……"

Having been punctured, Mo Zhi blinked his eyes guiltyly, but still shook his head solemnly: "Don't worry, sir, I won't!"

After all, these flowers and plants rely on their leaves to evaporate water, and in fact, they don't have the same needs as humans. Although there is no way to bloom for the time being, the little flower demon is still very sure about this kind of thing. It's embarrassing in front of my brother.

"Master——you guys are back!"

Since Ming waited for them at the same spot for nearly a quarter of an hour, he turned back and forth a hundred and eighty times in a hurry, and finally saw the figures of these two people safe and sound, so he couldn't help jumping up.But Mu Xianyu just reined in his horse a little, and threw the whip in his hand into his arms: "Hurry up, let's talk after leaving here!"

Knowing that the matter was really urgent, he got on the horse with a clear answer, and slammed the whip twice before barely falling on the back of Ta Xue: "Master, did you set the fire--put it well What is the fire for?"

"I let it go. After the past few days, it is obvious that someone wants me to frame Fu Guogong by the way, and I can't leave them with evidence of the frame - they simply set it on fire. They want to know whether we are dead or alive. We have to wait until the fire burns out first.”

Mu Xianyu answered loudly, and after a little recognition of the direction, they continued to gallop. The three of them did not dare to just run in a straight line, and turned seven or eight directions in the forest until even Mu Xianyu didn't know where they were running. Wherever he got there, he finally reined in his horse and stopped slowly.

"Young master, you are really majestic just now, you are decisive in killing and attacking, and you have the air of a general."

Ji Ming jumped off the horse, gasped and rubbed his legs, then stepped forward to help Mu Xianyu and Mo Zhi get off the horse: "That's right - can you tell me where we ran to?" ..."

"If you count on me to know the way, you might as well count on stepping on the snow."

Mu Xianyu shook his head and answered calmly, his feet softened as soon as he got off the horse, and he almost fell to the ground.Ming and Mo Zhi hurriedly supported him alone, looking at the little guy's worried eyes, Mu Xianyu smiled and shook his head, gently rubbing his head: "It doesn't matter, I just never After riding a horse for so long..."

"Usually I advise you to go out for a walk more, but you insist on feeling tired, now you know it's uncomfortable, don't you?"

Ziming couldn't help nagging, wiped a stone clean with his sleeve, and helped him to sit down.Mo Zhi also squatted aside, lovingly rubbing his little brother's legs, but he couldn't help but lose his mind while rubbing.

He always remembered the sound of the Gu worm before—the Gu worm would never sing by itself for no reason, but Mu Xianyu had never had any accidents, and he wanted to secretly ask what was going on with the Gu worm, but I was worried that my little brother would be worried if I ran out like this, and I felt extremely embarrassed for a while.Just pursing his lips and trying to think of a way, the top of his forehead was suddenly covered with a familiar temperature: "Mo Zhi, what are you thinking, working so hard?"

"I'm thinking--"

Mo Zhi responded instinctively, but stopped talking immediately.The little flower demon doesn't know how to lie, but she can't just tell her little brother the truth, squatting on the ground in distress for a long while, then tentatively raised her head and said softly: "Sir...do you believe that there are Gu worms in this world? "

"Gu worm?"

Mu Xianyu raised his eyebrows in surprise, then couldn't help but chuckled, and pointed at Jiming with the handle of his fan helplessly: "You might as well ask your brother Jiming about this—I think the two of you will have a common language. .”

"Look, I said that you are stupid in reading and don't believe in anything."

Since Ming was laying fodder for the two horses, he couldn't help curling his lips when he heard the words, shook his head and said: "Your son is silent and strange, but if he doesn't speak, then there must be no more? If you want me to say, not only There may be witches, gus and nightmare formations, even monsters and gods, but we can't see it with our naked eyes..."

As soon as the little flower demon stood up, she was so frightened that she fell down, almost blooming a flower on the spot.Hearing the last sentence, he was slightly relieved, clenched his fists and hesitated for a while, and finally looked at Mu Xianyu with a solemn expression: "Sir, there are really Gu worms in this world... There is a Gu worm under the backyard at home. One was buried, and I brought it here."

Since Ming had just finished feeding the horses, he had just taken a sip of water when he heard the little guy's astonishing words. The water he just poured into his mouth was sprayed out without a drop, coughing so hard that he could hardly breathe: "Little Mo Zhi , you—what did you say?"

"I shouldn't have kept it from sir, but I don't know how to put it..."

Mo Zhi took out a small ebony box from his sleeve, placed it lightly in front of Mu Xianyu, hesitated for a moment before saying: "The name of this Gu is 'Wuxue', anyone who has been infected with this Gu, I will always be in danger of my life. That day on the street, I would suddenly rush over, just because I saw a layer of black energy on Mr., so I followed him all the time..."

——As for the little flower demon who made up her mind to help more in order to gain the Tao, she accidentally helped herself out, but it seemed that she had almost left behind her lofty ideal of achieving the Tao, I can only sigh A word of fate is wonderful and everything is impermanent.

As he spoke, he carefully opened the wooden box in his palm, and there really was a strange and vicious looking bug lying inside.It's just that the rumored Gu worm didn't have the prestige it should have at all, lying in the box limp into a puddle, trembling unceasingly, struggled a few times but couldn't even turn over.

"It-it may be because the horse ran too fast just now, and I kept holding it, and then I accidentally knocked unconscious..."

Mo Zhi added guiltily, poked the Gu worm lightly, and turned it over.The Gu worm was obviously so angry that it waved its tentacles indiscriminately and wanted to pounce on it, but it couldn't even walk in a straight line. After walking a few steps unsteadily, it bumped into the wooden box and knocked itself to the ground. Turned over.

"If this is really a Gu worm, I suddenly feel that things like Wu Gu are nothing to be afraid of."

Ming also squatted down and looked at the Gu worm carefully, then couldn't help but shook his head after a long while, and sighed bitterly: "To be honest, just now I thought Xiao Mozhi must be the apprentice of some otherworldly master. , now I just feel that the person who played this Gu must be a wandering doctor who cheated money..."

The author has something to say: Gu Chong: I have a sentence that I don’t know if I should say it (smile

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