when will you sprout baby

In the end it still didn't work out.

The movement between the two of them was too loud, which attracted patrolling horse thieves.In order not to reveal his whereabouts, Xue Yunshen had no choice but to push Xu Changan, and the two of them hid in a stone crevice like conjoined twins.

The horse thief's footsteps were getting closer and closer. Xu Changan, who was very nervous, couldn't help but hold his breath.

At the very moment when the horse thief was only one step away from passing through the crack in the stone, the voice of another horse thief suddenly came from afar in the narrow mountain path.

"Huluzi, Huluzi, come here, Ah Mian is injured!"

"What did you say?"

This Huluzi obviously has a close relationship with Ah Mian, whom another horse thief mentioned. Xu Changan's breathing suddenly became heavier when he heard him close at hand.

Knowing that his sweetheart was injured, Huluzi hurried away anxiously, without caring about checking for any movement.

When the sound of the two staggered footsteps gradually faded away, Xu Changan, who survived the catastrophe, heaved a sigh of relief, and squeezed out from the crack of the stone with difficulty.

"What should we do now?" Xu Changan asked.

Xue Yunshen was arranging his clothes and loosened hair, when he heard Xu Changan's question, he hurriedly said, "Changan, come quickly and help me tie my hair."

As he said that, Xue Yunshen took out a clear jade comb from nowhere, and stuffed it into Xu Changan's hand.

Xu Changan, who has been reduced to a hair-combing girl: "..."

Amid Xue Yunshen's urging, Xu Changan held his black hair with one hand without love, scribbled a few times, then perfunctorily fixed the hair, and put the jade crown back on.

Fortunately, there was no mirror by his side at this time, and Xue Yunshen, who was wearing a horrible mess of hair, couldn't see his real situation, so he nodded with satisfaction to show his great appreciation for Xu Changan's craftsmanship.

"Don't touch it, it'll be messy again later." Xu Changan calmly stopped Xue Yunshen's finger that was trying to reach for Yuguan.

Xue Yunshen thought about it carefully, and it was indeed true, so he reluctantly suppressed the impulse, and secretly warned himself not to touch his hair fifty times a day like in the past.He stretched out his hands to wipe off Xu Changan's dusty shoulders, and then said, "Wait here for me, if anyone comes, hide in the crevices of the rocks."

"What about you?" Xu Changan asked.

"I'll go in and see what's going on."

After Xue Yunshen finished speaking, he hesitated to look at Xu Changan twice.He wanted to kiss his concubine again, but he still remembered the roar he had suffered not long ago, he hesitated for a moment, and finally suppressed the thought "with a lustful heart but no courage".

Immediately afterwards, Xu Chang'an watched the slender His Royal Highness Mo Wang shrink into an arm-high blue dragon lying in the ink pond in an instant.

Xu Chang'an, who witnessed a catastrophe and living plant scene without warning: "..."

"I thought what he said, depending on the situation, was to go in the way the horse thief came." Xu Changan thought expressionlessly, "I didn't realize that he was going to take a dog's hole."

Xue Yunshen obviously couldn't see through Xu Changan's slander, he shook the buds ostentatiously, and triumphantly showed off a circle of double petals without a gap, then lifted his own root system with the branches and leaves, and walked to the place where they found before. at the entrance of the hole.

Waved the leaves at Xu Chang'an again and again, Xue Yunshen lifted his roots, like a concubine holding a graceful and luxurious palace skirt, and poisedly slipped in through the entrance of the cave.

Xu Changan looked down at the blue dragon lying in the ink pond with complicated emotions, and after a while, he wiped his face with vicissitudes and disillusionment.

"The world is fine and I'm not sick."

Xu Changan comforted himself in vain.

While Xu Changan was looking for a stone to hide, Xue Yunshen had already slipped into the cave through the narrow passage.

Different from the relaxed atmosphere before, the atmosphere in the cave is very tense now, and almost everyone is surrounded by a man in a moon-white robe.

Seeing the flower shape between the man's eyebrows clearly, the leaves of Qinglong Womochi rolled down inconspicuously.

"As expected." Xue Yun frowned deeply, he concealed the fragrance, and swept all the people present from left to right, one by one.

On the opposite side, Huluzi, a burly man with a full face, saw that the man in the moon-white robe had been silent for a long time, and couldn't help asking worriedly, "Second brother, how is Ah Mian?".

The young man called Second Brother hesitated for a long time, but finally shook his head and said, "I can't do anything with my right leg."

As soon as the words came out, the whole cave fell silent, and the atmosphere became more depressing.

The burly man and the young girls all kept silent.

It is self-evident how important the limbs, that is, the vines, are to the catching vines.

Everyone present was well aware of this.

The loss of a right leg of the vine not only means that it will be more difficult to survive alone in the future, but also means that she may be expelled.

Horse thieves never raise crippled and useless people.

In order to avoid leaking their whereabouts, before withdrawing, horse thieves will also choose to execute their lagging companions.

The strong man named Huluzi obviously understood what the second brother's shaking of his head meant. He looked at his sweetheart in his arms who had fallen into a coma due to excessive blood loss, and begged, "Can the second brother save Amian a way out?"

The second brother laughed when he heard the words. He stroked the sleeves that were wet with Ah Mian's blood, and said softly, "Huluzi, do you know what you're talking about?"

"Second brother, I beg you!"

Huluzi, who had nowhere to go, carefully put down Ah Mian, and knelt down in the direction of the second brother.

The second brother stood up, avoiding Huluzi's kneeling salute, and at the same time the smile on his mouth became weaker.

"They're all brothers, what are you doing, Huluzi?"

He uttered the word "huluzi" lightly and quickly, with a hint of a warning that enough is enough.

In the past, when he opened his mouth like this, Huluzi would know that he was unhappy, and he would never come forward to speak more without knowing the taste.

But today is different. Huluzi doesn't talk much today, and his sweetheart's life is about to die.

"Second brother!"

Huluzi leaned over and kowtowed heavily.

While everyone's attention was on the ivy plant called Huluzi, Qinglong Womochi, who had figured out the strength of the enemy, walked down from the mountain wall where the iron cage was placed, and sneaked into Guanxianqiu and the trapper. Under the iron cage of the fly plant.

Stretching the green branch into the cage, Qinglong Womochi just wanted to poke the cactus, but when he saw the hard thorns glowing with a cold light, he immediately pulled the branch back in fear, abruptly changed the direction halfway, and changed the direction. For poking the flytrap.

The slightly pointed leaves poked the sluggish flytrap, and at the same time, the man in the moon-white robe in the crowd suddenly turned his head and looked over.

Knowing that the other party had noticed something, Xue Yunshen didn't dare to move any more, he stopped on the spot and waited for two breaths.After two breaths, without any response from Duan Cijue, Xue Yunshen knew that the worst had happened, and immediately decided to return along the same route.

Lifting the rhizomes and gathering the scattered branches and leaves, Xue Yunshen came back through the dog's hole lightly.

As soon as his human form appeared, Xu Changan, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately grabbed his wrist: "How is it? Didn't you find it? How about Daoxuan and the others? Are you okay?"

Xue Yunshen clasped Xu Changan's finger back, and did not talk about whether he was going to scare the snake or not. Instead, he pulled him outside and said, "After I went in, I found three things. First, there were 15 men and women together. Of the nine creepers and five trapping vines, one was injured by me."

"Secondly, Xu Daoxuan, Duan Cijue and the two coachmen were given herbal medicine to force their transformation and lost consciousness."

"As for Chu Yu," Xue Yunshen paused at this point, trying his best to announce the good news but not the bad news, "Chu Yu disappeared, maybe he escaped."

Seeing Xue Yunshen's uncharacteristic hesitation in his words, Xu Chang'an knew in his heart that Chu Yu might be in danger.

At this time, the two of them just walked out of the gap, and it snowed for several hours in a row, everything was covered in silver, and everything was white as far as the eye could see.Xu Changan shivered from the cold wind, but his heart was several times colder than his body.He moved his lips and asked almost silently: "What about the third one?"

Xue Yunshen did not speak.

Xu Changan thought that he had missed someone, and guessed: "Is there someone on the other side who is very difficult to deal with?"

Xue Yunshen was noncommittal, but just pushed Xu Changan to go quickly: "Get on your horse and return to Linqi, let Ning Yi send troops over."

Xu Changan was pushed so hard that his whole body was almost off the ground, he turned his head with great effort, and said, "What about you? You won't go with me?"

Xue Yunshen didn't answer, he hugged Xu Changan by the waist, put him on the horse by force, and then pulled out the decorative dagger at his waist.

Before stabbing the dagger into the horse's buttocks, Xue Yunshen suddenly asked Xu Changan: "Can I kiss you?"

Xu Changan was taken aback.

Xue Yunshen, who didn't have much time, only regarded him as acquiescing.

He raised his hand to hook Xu Changan's neck, and when he was forced to lean down, Xue Yunshen quickly kissed him on the lips.

One touch and release.

Xue Yun licked his lips deeply.

It's a pity that now is not a good time after all, the situation is imminent, Xue Yunshen stretched out his fingers and scratched Xu Changan's cheek, then he raised his hand swiftly, and plunged all the daggers into the horse's buttocks.

"Bah bah——"

The black horse was frightened and hurt, neighed on the spot, raised its front hooves high, and rushed out like crazy.

"Clouds are deep!"

While running fast, Xu Changan kept turning his head and called Xue Yunshen's name for the first time.

Xue Yunshen, who always enjoys intimacy, is no exception this time.

In Xu Changan's sight, amidst the flying snow, the handsome man in the magenta prince's costume stood among the brown trees with fallen leaves, with a ridiculous messy bun on his head, and slowly smiled.

It's like the ice and snow are just melting, and it's like a sword hidden in the sleeve.

"The third is that among the horse thieves, there are Epiphyllum—"

Xue Yunshen's voice came from afar.

The black horse was still galloping crazily and fast. Xu Changan, who was bumped up and down on the horse's back, was nothing but the snow and ice suddenly exploded behind Xue Yunshen, and the pale yellow vines showed his figure, and rushed towards him overwhelmingly. past.

***

Xu Changan had never ridden so fast in his life.

When I went there, I took a carriage and walked leisurely for three or four days.When I came, I was so anxious that I arrived outside Linqi City in less than half a day.

It was frosty and snowy in the middle of the night, and when Xu Changan was helped off his horse by the guards of the prefect's mansion, Xu Chang'an was so cold that he could barely feel his legs.If Xu Changping, who came over after hearing the news, exclaimed in a low voice when he saw the blood, he wouldn't even know that his inner thigh was worn out.

King Mo was plundered, and the situation was urgent.Ning Yi listened to Xu Chang'an's statement with all his restraint, and ordered the matter to be sent to the emperor as soon as possible, while ordering troops to go out of the city to rescue him.

Originally Xu Changping didn't want Xu Changan to follow him, his face was too ugly, anyone who looked at him would be shockingly pale.

"No, I'm going."

No matter how Xu Changping tried to persuade him, even having someone hug the sleeping Jing Cheng, Xu Changan's determination could not be shaken.Xu Changping had no choice but to let him go.

Hundreds of elite soldiers are ready to go.

The prefect Ning Yi gave an order, and the whole team set off towards the junction of Linqi and Wanzhong Mountain with great momentum.

Xu Changan was riding on the horse, and he couldn't hold back the anxious anxiety in his heart.

"The worst result is that the horse thief is transferred. As long as the person is still alive, Search Mountain can also find it."

When Xu Changan comforted himself like this, he never expected that the next word would come true.

At dawn, Xu Chang'an and the Linqi defenders rushed to the previous forest.The heavy snow has wiped away all the traces of the fight left over from yesterday.Xu Chang'an, who was in a hurry, led the defenders to cut through the entrance of the cave and entered the cave.

There is still a fire in the cave, but people are drinking tea, and there are only a few scattered iron cages left.

"The deputy general led people to search the mountain on the left, the captain went to the right, and the Chinese army followed me to stand by."

After Ning Yi gave the order, seeing Xu Changan's expression, he couldn't help but comfort him, "Don't worry, we will definitely find someone."

Xu Changan forced a smile, he responded, squatted down, and picked up a cage on the ground.

The cage is made of fine iron, and the small one is no bigger than a rouge box.Xu Changan held it in his hand, and searched carefully for a while, before he found a word "Tan" at the small door of the iron cage.

"What does this mean?" Xu Changan handed the words to Ning Yi to read.

Ning Yi took the cage, and after Huoguang saw the word Tan, he couldn't help but sighed.He ordered the rest of the defenders to retreat three feet, and whispered a long story to Xu Chang'an.

It was still the period of Emperor Taizong, and the Great Zhou Dynasty had not yet been established. There was a general Epiphyllum who fought side by side with Emperor Taizong who had the same interests as Emperor Taizong. He single-handedly rescued Emperor Taizong several times among thousands of soldiers.When Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he was grateful to the general for his rescue. He not only named the general who had made great contributions as a king with a different surname, but also promised that the two would be in charge of the future.

What happened later was nothing more than the fact that the emperor, who would not allow others to sleep soundly beside his pillow, could not hold back the general who began to fear the master of high meritorious service.

The general was not stupid, knowing that he had aroused the suspicion of Emperor Taizong, so he resigned several times.However, Sheng Taizong was afraid that other ministers would be chilled, so he repeatedly refused.

At that time, it coincided with the invasion of the enemy.Sheng Taizong sent a general to respond to the enemy, and worried that the general would turn against him, so he used the name of the queen to declare the general's wife and children into the palace, which was called an audience, but was actually detained.The general wanted to find a way out for his wife and children, but on the day he repelled the enemy, he shot an arrow through his chest and died on the battlefield.

It's a pity that the general's sacrificing his life for safety did not have the expected ending.

St. Taizong was furious when he learned that the general had died in battle. He firmly refused to believe the news of the general's death.

Afterwards, no one dared to mention this matter. It was not until Ruizong succeeded to the throne that the general's wife and children who were imprisoned in the palace were released.

It's just that the descendants of the general who were abused in the palace, it is said that they had three sons and one daughter when they entered the palace, but only one young daughter was left when they came out.

And this young girl also disappeared shortly after leaving the palace.

Xu Changan was speechless for a long time after hearing the secret history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

He touched the handwriting on the cage, and knew that the epiphyllum Xue Yunshen was talking about was probably the descendant of that general.

"But what are they using this cage for?" Xu Chang'an always felt that something was missing, "His Royal Highness said that both Xuan and Brother Duan were drugged and forcibly changed back to their original forms. Don't kill people on the spot instead of putting them in a cage?"

Hearing the words "return to original shape after taking the medicine", Ning Yi's expression changed drastically: "They are driven by demons!"

Demon drive, as the name suggests, is a person driven by monsters.During the Great Zhou Dynasty, the surrounding border cities were tightly guarded, and monsters could not easily enter, so the demon drive came into being.

These demons drive and plunder the vitality and inner alchemy of the people of Dazhou, and use them as commodities to trade with monsters.In order to avoid the loss of life force during the transportation, they will not take out the life force immediately, but pour drugs into the captured people to force them to return to their original form.

After hearing this frank and direct explanation, Xu Changan's face became even more ugly, his whole body was on the verge of falling, and he almost took two steps back.Taking a deep breath, Xu Changan managed to suppress his shock, and ordered himself to calm down: "Where will Daoxuan and the others be sent?"

Ning Yi's face sank like water: "Different monsters are traded in different places. As far as I know, the largest trading place at present is Sihaibo, which is located in the southeast sea of ​​the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Four waves.

Xu Chang'an had seen this place name on the map of the Great Zhou Dynasty in his father's study, and knew that it was a very distant island.Even strictly speaking, it is not considered the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Just when Xu Changan was trying to recall more about Si Haibo, the deputy general ordered to search Zuo Shan brought back three people.

Two men and two women, the man is Huluzi, who Xu Changan only heard but never saw, and the woman is Ah Mian, who has been beaten face to face and is seriously injured.

The remaining one was completely unexpected.

"Chu Yu?!"

Facing the huge flower that was resisted by the defenders covering their noses, Xu Changan was both surprised and delighted.

"Where did you find him?" Different from Xu Changan's uncontrollable excitement, Ning Yi asked the lieutenant calmly.

The lieutenant general replied: "My lord, it was fished from the river at the foot of the mountain."

"Heli." Ning Yi pondered for a while, and said strangely: "So many people have been taken away, why did you just let him go?"

Ning Yi's lieutenant looked hesitant to speak, but Ning Yi raised his hand when he saw it, signaling him to speak directly.

The lieutenant saluted as a military officer, and said bluntly: "My subordinates speculate that Mr. Xu's book boy was probably left behind by the retreating horse thieves because the original shape was too big to be transported, and the smell was unbearable."

Xu Changan, who listened to the whole conversation next to him: "..."

The loss of his own book boy was the only good news in the past two days. Xu Changan suppressed the turbulent worries in his heart, took over the work of taking care of Chu Yu, and personally wiped off the water stains on the branches and leaves of Bawanghua.

At the same time, Ning Yi camped on the spot and interrogated Hu Luzi and Ah Mian on the spot.

Under coercion and temptation, Huluzi, who had fled privately, finally let go and told the destination of their group.

It was Four Seas.

Xu Changan nodded without any surprise. He glanced at Chu Yu who was still in a flower shape and was unconscious, and said his decision to Ning Yi: "Brother-in-law, I'm going to Sihaibo."

Ning Yi disagreed, he thought for a while, and arranged all the defenders he could mobilize: "It will take a few days for the Holy Majesty's order to arrive, so we must act in a hurry. Strictly investigate in the city, and send another navy to go north along the East China Sea to the four seas, and you and your book boy are waiting for news in the mansion."

Xu Changan shook his head and declined Ning Yi's kindness.

Ning Yi persuaded him again and again, and finally even his father-in-law Xu Shen and Da Sima moved out.However, Xu Chang'an has made up his mind to go, and he will not listen to anyone's persuasion.

Back in Linqi City, Xu Changping heard the news that Xu Changan was going to Sihaibo, so he was so scared that he didn't faint on the spot.She painstakingly explained the truth about the difficulty of traveling, but Xu Changan didn't say a word, and only replied calmly after she finished speaking.

"Yun Shen is my husband, Dao Xuan is my third elder brother, and Ci Jue is my friend. If I don't go, am I a heartless, familyless and righteous person?"

Xu Changping was speechless by his words, sighed on the spot, while secretly sending someone to inform the Grand Sima Mansion in the imperial city, and at the same time, through her husband Ning Yi, quietly sent his dowry girl Stuffed in the navy team.

The navy conducts drills all year round, and the ships and weapons are fully equipped. Only food needs to be prepared additionally.Xu Changan stared at it for two days and two nights without sleep, and finally he owed everything to Dongfeng when everything was ready.

Just before the boat set off, they dug three feet into the inner city of Linqi and searched for Ning Yi, who had no clue, and came to see him off with a group of Linqi guards.

"Chang'an, if you find clues here, on the premise of ensuring His Highness's safety, don't be impulsive, and don't startle the snake. There are many monsters in the world, and you are underage, so you must act carefully."

"When the emperor's edict arrives, I will mobilize the entire Linjin water army to support you."

"It will not exceed seven days at most, and the Linjin Guards will catch up with you, so bear with it."

Xu Changan smiled, didn't say much, just said that brother-in-law is at ease.

Ning Yi didn't have a bad impression of this brother-in-law. Knowing that the other party's future would be rough and his life and death were uncertain, he couldn't help feeling a little bit unbearable.

He took a step forward, patted Xu Changan on the shoulder in front of his subordinates, and then took out a small cloth bag from his bosom.

Xu Changan glanced at it, and immediately recognized that it was a seed cloth bag containing pieces of Ruyi's clothes.

"I found this in the cave. I saw that Daoxuan never left his body for a moment. It must be something important. If you take it with you, you may be able to sense Daoxuan in the middle of nowhere."

Xu Changan took the cloth bag, and asked Ning Yi to be more careful about Changping's stomach.Not long after that, it was time to set off.

Xu Changan got on the deck, and gradually moved away from Linqi amidst Ning Yi's earnest instructions.

After the boat sailed for half a month, Xu Chang'an, who had never experienced long-distance sailing, finally got used to it and was no longer groggy every day.

On this day, he was checking the weather with General Wu, the leader of the navy, and discussing whether they could speed up at night, when they suddenly heard a commotion.

"Little uncle, your book boy is awake!" Xu Changping's dowry girl, Ji Xiang, ran over with a smile, obviously very excited.

"Thank God, the overlord flower has finally returned to its human form, and the meals cooked in the future will no longer have a strange taste."

Thinking of this, Jixiang's smile became more sincere.

It's a pity that Xu Chang'an lacks the ability to see through people, so he doesn't know anything about Jixiang's hidden smile.

"Chu Yu is awake?"

Xu Chang'an couldn't help but smile, he hurriedly apologized to General Wu, and rushed to Chu Yu's bedroom.

The contents of the ship were limited, and only one bedroom was reserved, which originally belonged to General Wu.General Wu was the eunuch's confidant, so he had high regard for Xu Chang'an, so he gave Xu Chang'an his bedroom modestly.

Chu Yu was originally placed on the deck, but considering its smell was too far-reaching, after three consecutive days of catching no fish, General Wu and Xu Changan personally opened up the study and compartments on the left and right sides of the bedroom, making After entering a large room, he reluctantly stuffed Chu Yu in.

Xu Changan rushed to the door of the communication room, first took a deep breath, and then stretched out his hand to push the door open.

"vomit--"

There was only a sound of retching, and Chu Yu leaned on the window string in the common room with an ugly face, vomiting heartbrokenly.

The two smells mixed together and turned into a down-to-earth horror.

Xu Changan who smelled the scent: "..."

He backed out without making a sound, and closed the door behind him.

At night, Chu Yu, who was so seasick that she wanted to cry bitterly, finally regained her sanity.Holding the tea offered by Jixiang, he finished talking about his experiences that day while dying.

Most of the experience was almost the same as what Xu Changan had expected, except for one thing that was unexpected.

"You said you saw His Highness, but I'm not beside His Highness?" Xu Changan frowned and asked.

Chu Yu nodded lazily, her eyebrows drooping, obviously still very concerned about the things she had carelessly said that day.

Seeing this, General Wu guessed, "I guess what Chu Shutong saw at that time should be a phantom, not the real Highness."

"This kind of ability is also known by the catching vine or the ivy?" Xu Changan turned his head and asked General Wu.

General Wu shook his head in denial, "No, phantoms can't be done by creepers or vines."

"What about Epiphyllum?"

"Neither can Epiphyllum." General Wu said, "It is often said that Epiphyllum is short-lived. Epiphyllum's ability can complete an assassination in an instant, but it can't confuse or even create phantoms."

Xu Changan didn't speak any more, and Chu Yu didn't speak either. After a while, only a sigh was heard.

"Behind these horse thieves, there is probably a real leader."

The three of them sat for a while, and finally went back to their rooms.

Xu Chang'an didn't sleep well that night. He had a nightmare first, dreaming that Xue Yunshen's inner alchemy had been gouged out, and the whole green dragon lying in the ink pond had turned into a bleak withered color.

After finally struggling to wake up from the nightmare, Xu Chang'an didn't have time to wake up, and entered another dream.

This time, there was neither Xu Daoxuan nor Duan Cijue in his dream, nor was there Xue Yunshen crying and crying in pain.

Yes, it's just a child's voice that keeps echoing.

"I heard you were looking for me?"

The author has something to say: Xu Changan: "The next time you think I'm a bookboy, please don't say it in front of me. Thank you for your cooperation."