The Bamboo Horse Dressed as the Emperor

It was getting late, Wen Zhi and Mu Ying didn't stay long, they talked for a while, and they were going back.

Wen knew: "In short, let's all be more careful recently. I will also tell His Majesty what I doubt."

The friends all agreed.

Song Jiao said, "We can't just be careful, we have to try to fight back. If it is true what Zhi Duoxing said, these wolves were attracted by people, then we have to investigate."

He pulled Wen Zhi over and whispered a few words in his ear, Wen Zhi nodded in response.

"Don't worry, take care of your wounds first, Brother Parrot and I will pay attention to these things."

"Okay, then I will trouble you."

When Wen Zhi and Mu Ying walked out of the tent, the nearby tents were brightly lit, and the distant torches were continuous, bright as day.

They are still looking for Jiang Ping.

Only one tent was dark and unlit.

Muying asked: "Zhi Duoxing, whose tent is that? I slept so early, even if I'm not worried about Jiang Ping, I'm not afraid of His Majesty's blame."

Mr. Xie is a man of loyalty, even if Jiang Ping is the companion of Prince Qing, but this time he is the one who saved these children. He sent someone to look for them. Treacherous and slippery.

It is indeed strange that the tent has turned off the lights so early.

Wen Zhi took a look: "It's Li Xu's tent."

Neither of them spoke anymore.

If it's Li Xu, then it's normal, he's always been weird.

As long as he doesn't act like a monster, don't expect him to do normal things.

In the tent, three doctors were still bandaging Xie Chen's wound.

Song Jiao stood aside, occasionally helping to pass things.

Then another doctor came to him with the system in his arms: "Your Highness, your puppy is also bandaged."

"Okay, thank you." Song Jiao hurried over and took over the system.

The big yellow dog was so big that Song Jiao could barely hold it.

Seeing his strenuous effort, the system said, "Let me down, my leg is not hurt, and I can still stand."

"Okay." Song Jiao hugged him, squatted on the ground, and watched him carefully.

There are two scratches from the wolf's claws on the big yellow dog's body, which has been wrapped up.He also had tooth marks on his ears, which drooped limply after applying the medicine.The tail is bald again, a bare section.

Song Jiao's heart ached so much, she didn't dare to move, she could only touch his head.

"Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt." The system bared its teeth, "I've downloaded the pain-blocking plug-in a long time ago."

"really?"

"Ah."

Song Jiao said again: "I'm so far away from you, didn't you sleep? Why did you wake up directly? There shouldn't be any side effects, right?"

"No, it's just that you haven't come back for a long time. I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I forced it to start up. I can just report to the control center afterwards. There is no big problem."

"really?"

"Really, I'll write a report in a few days, and you can testify for me." The wolf bit the system's hind leg, and the hind leg was also wrapped. He couldn't lift it up, so he rubbed the hind leg with his butt.

Song Jiao looked at the wound on his body again, suddenly, the sound of horseshoes and noise came from outside, louder than louder.

"Found it! Found it!"

Song Jiao stood up abruptly, turned around and said to Xie Chen, "I'll go out and have a look, it should be Brother Liu and the others who are back."

Xie Shen nodded: "En."

Song Jiao told the system to rest where it was, and went out to have a look by himself.

I saw that everyone outside was holding torches to guide the returning people and horses.

Liu Yi was riding on a horse, tied together with a belt, and there was another person on his back.

Jiang Ping's face was covered with blood, and his clothes were torn. In the light of the fire, he looked even more frightening.

He seemed to be out of strength, lying on Liu Yi's back, motionless, only blinking his eyes occasionally.

Song Jiao took a step over there.On the way back, someone had told Liu Yi that the two Highnesses were fine, and now that Liu Yi saw that he was fine, she waved to him and told him not to come, there are a group of people here.

Then Liu Yi stopped his horse in front of the tent, untied the belt tied around his waist, and carefully sent Jiang Ping down.

The group of people below continued to send Jiang Ping into the tent. Several doctors had already been guarding outside with the medicine box, and a group of people went in in a huge crowd.

Song Jiao was still worried, so he went over to take a look, but a group of people surrounded him, and he couldn't see anything while standing outside the tent.

Then Liu Yi changed her clothes, wiped the blood on her face and hands with a towel, and walked out of the tent.

"Mamao, are you and His Highness okay?"

"It's okay, Xie Chen is injured a little bit, the doctor is helping him bandage." Song Jiao shook his head, "Senior Brother and Brother Jiang Ping are all right?"

"It's okay, Jiang Ping was also injured a little bit, it's not too bad, he'll be fine after a few days of care." Liu Yi wiped off the blood on his face, and asked Song Jiao, "Is there any blood left?"

"Nothing."

"Okay, it's all right, didn't you fall into the tiankeng? Go back and rest quickly."

As soon as Liu Yi finished speaking, he pulled Song Jiao's sleeve and pulled him aside, letting him make way for the attendant carrying the copper basin behind him.

He continued to say to Song Jiao: "Hurry up and go back to rest, you are still blocking people here, Jiang Ping and I are fine."

"Okay then." Song Jiao looked inside reluctantly for a few more times, and finally left.

Seeing that he was gone, Liu Yi felt relieved and turned to go back.

When Song Jiao turned his head, he saw Wen Zhi standing not far away. Wen Zhi nodded at him, and then stepped forward. The two seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding.

When Song Jiao returned, the wound on Xie Chen's body had been bandaged, and the three doctors breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Highness has to pay more attention these few days. Don't touch the wound with water, and be careful with your movements. Don't tear the wound open. If you have anything to do, tell the subordinates to do it. Eat lightly, and the minister will instruct the meal room."

Xie Chen nodded, and after the three doctors resigned, the attendants came in with hot water, towels, and food.

Xie Chen moved his position, Song Jiao hurriedly stepped forward to help him, holding his hand: "Do you want to lie down?"

"Lean on."

"it is good."

When even a follower brought a soft pillow, Song Jiao put the soft pillow behind him, and carefully supported him to lean on the pillow.

Xie Chen asked, "Are Liu Yi and Jiang Ping okay?"

Song Jiao shook his head: "I also suffered a little injury, the doctor is watching."

Xie Chen nodded, then looked at Song Jiao again: "Wash your face."

Song Jiao reacted: "Oh, good."

He turned his head to wash the towel, and handed it to Xie Chen.Xie Chen just raised his hand to take it, but withdrew it again.

Song Jiao was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"You wash it first, look at your face, your eyes are like rabbit eyes, it's really moo, moo."

If he only said the first half of the sentence, Song Jiao would be more moved.

Song Jiao pinched the scarf, thinking that he was injured, so she didn't bother with him.

The attendant held back his smile and brought the bronze mirror in time. Song Jiao turned his head, wiped his face in the mirror, and then looked at Xie Chen: "Do you still want to wash your face?"

"wash."

Just as the attendant was about to go down to change a basin of hot water, Xie Chen called out: "Don't bother, just wash like this. He and I have been washing our faces like this since we were young."

The attendant brought back the water again, Song Jiao washed the towel again, and handed it to Xie Chen.

Just as Xie Chen was about to reach out to pick it up, he suddenly remembered something and withdrew his hand.

Song Jiao asked: "What's the matter?"

"Do you still remember what the doctor said just now?"

"Don't touch the wound with water, eat light food, and move slowly..."

That's it!

Xie Chen raised his hand, and only halfway through the lift, it touched the wound on his shoulder, and made a "hiss" sound: "I can't lift it up."

Song Jiao understood, took a towel and sat down beside him.

Xie Chen pursed his lips, raised his head, and waited for Song Jiao to wipe his face.

Song Jiao wiped his face with a towel, passed his broken left eyebrow with his hand, and paused for a moment: "Fortunately, your right eyebrow was not broken this time, otherwise it would be symmetrical."

Xie Chen smiled: "Hurry up, don't talk so much."

"Oh."

Song Jiao washed his face and wiped his hands, and then the attendants came up with food.

Song Jiao looked at Xie Chen, saw that he was not moving, and looked confident, so he understood, raised his hand to take the porridge bowl, and stirred it with a spoon.

The corner of Xie Chen's raised mouth never let go. He looked around, wishing he could tell the world.

Look, Maomao feed me porridge!

The attendants tried not to laugh.

At the other end, Song Jiao scooped up a spoonful of porridge and blew on it.

Xie Chen opened his mouth: "Ah—"

Too arrogant.

Song Jiao took a deep breath, and handed the spoon to his mouth, Xie Chen swallowed it in one gulp.

The taste is just right.

Xie Chen smacked his lips: "Maomao, have another bite."

Song Jiao and Xie Chen repeated the above actions, and the attendants put down their things and exited tactfully.

After Xie Chen finished eating a bowl of porridge, Song Jiao wiped his face again, supported him, told him to lie down, covered him with a blanket, but lay beside Xie Chen, ready to sleep.

Xie Chen turned to look at him: "Does your back hurt?"

"Well, a little bit." Song Jiao was sleeping on his stomach, holding the pillow with both hands, his voice became smaller and smaller, "It's more comfortable to sleep like this, you should go to sleep too, and call me if you have anything to do."

Xie Chen responded, raised his hand and pinched the hem of his clothes, lifted the hem of his clothes and took a look.

It was true that the fall was a bit severe. Song Jiao was thin, with a slender waist, and his back was covered with bruises and scratches.

After applying the medicine, there is a faint herbal smell.

Xie Chen straightened his clothes, closed his eyes, and got ready to sleep.

Next to the couch was a small candle that Song Jiao kept.

I don't know how long it took, but the sky was twilight, but the candles in front of the bed were only half burned.

Xie Chen opened his eyes, pushed Song Jiao, trying to wake him up: "Maomao, I drank too much porridge, I...Maomao?"

Song Jiao was in a deep sleep, and was pushed by him several times without waking up.

Xie Chen leaned over to look, and by the light of the candle, he saw Song Jiao's blushing face outside.

Xie Chen's intuition was wrong, so he raised his hand to touch Song Jiao's forehead.

It's just that Song Jiao's breath hit his hands, and he felt something was wrong.When I touched my forehead again, it was really hot.

Song Jiao had a fever again.

Xie Chen sat up suddenly, and shouted: "Come on! Come on!"

He yelled twice, and before anyone came in, he had to go down and have a look.

He just got off the couch, and was about to rush out to call for someone, when a group of attendants came in.

"Your Highness has..."

"Go and call the doctor!"

Xie Chen sat down beside Song Jiao, touched his forehead, and remembered the time when he and Song Jiao were kidnapped when they were young. After returning, Song Jiao also had a fever as soon as he came back, and was ill for a long time.

Must have been frightened.

but……

Xie Chen's eyes fell on Song Jiao's candle standing by the bed before going to sleep.

In the eventful autumn, hunting for a few days, several people were injured and some fell ill.

Mr. Xie lost his interest in hunting, so he asked Mr. Xie to act as an agent for trivial matters. He only attended some necessary occasions, and stayed with the injured and sick children at other times.

The elders who stayed behind in Fengxiang City couldn't sit still when they heard about this matter.

Only the crown prince was left behind—the former head of the Xie family who supervised the administration of the country, Prime Minister Song, General Wu and others rushed to Liangzhou immediately, and Mrs. Xie and the second wife also followed.

Seeing the appearance of the children, the elders blushed and said, "I have suffered, I have suffered."

During this period, Wen Zhi discussed with Song Jiao, and also told Mr. Xie some of his doubts, asking him to make a decision.

"Over the years, the population of Liangzhou City has been increasing, and there are groups of hunters. His Majesty even comes to Liangzhou City to hunt every year. Under such circumstances, the wolves should have already migrated, so why did they appear here? Besides, we did not It's only a quarter of an hour's journey to go far, and it's even more unlikely that there will be a surprise attack by wolves."

"So, according to my guess, it was not an accident that His Highness and Mao Mao fell into the sinkhole and we encountered wolves. The wolves should be attracted by people. Mao Mao said that to attract wolves, it is nothing more than smell So Maomao and I have left all the clothes and horses that everyone wore that day, and we still need to ask His Majesty to send someone to check."

"However, before the truth of this matter comes to light, I would like not to leak the news for the time being, so as not to startle the snake."

Master Xie looked at Wen Zhi and nodded again and again: "Yes, what you said is true, no wonder they called you 'Zhi Duo Xing'."

Wen knew: "Then please..."

Mr. Xie raised his hand: "Since I said not to leak the news, then don't let others investigate."

"What does your majesty mean?"

"Go and check."

The 15-year-old Wen Zhi was slightly startled, then saluted and accepted the order: "Yes."

Song Jiao was still ill and still had a high fever, so Wen Zhi briefly explained the matter to him, and then took Mu Ying to investigate the matter.

After discussions with several old doctors, there is no problem with the clothes they wore, the items they brought, and the horses they rode that day.

"Impossible." Wen Zhi said firmly, "Impossible."

He raised his head and looked at several doctors: "Have you checked everything?"

"I've checked everything."

"Then check again, starting with the horses."

Muying asked: "Zhi Duoxing, what exactly are you looking for? Don't you doubt us..."

Wen Zhi glanced at him, and Mu Ying stopped talking.

Several doctors retreated, Wen Zhi held a corner of a bloody coat and lifted it up.

This is Jiang Ping's clothes. When Liu Yi brought Jiang Ping back, he took Mu Ying to guard outside the tent, and picked up the clothes that Yao Tong took out to throw away.

Jiang Ping was the most seriously injured, and his clothes were covered with blood.

Just at this time, there was a sudden noise outside.

Wen Zhi threw back the bloody clothes and walked out of the tent quickly.

I saw a group of people in the distance pulling Li Xu out of a tent, and this tent was exactly the tent where Jiang Ping recuperated.

Wen Zhi had a flash of inspiration, but the inspiration was fleeting, and he soon lost that feeling.

There was a lot of chaos over there, and I didn't know what happened.

He turned to Muying and said, "Go and ask what happened."

Muying pointed to herself: "Me?"

"Well, aren't you the most gossip? You go and ask."

Muying took a deep breath and puffed up her chest, but in the end she still dared not speak up and turned her head away.

After a while, Muying came back.

"Zhi Duoxing, Li Xu ran into Brother Jiang Ping's tent while others were not paying attention, saying he was visiting a doctor. Brother Jiang Ping was asleep at that time, but when he woke up and saw it was him, he almost jumped up and bit him .”

Mu Ying curled her lips: "If I were Brother Jiang Ping, I'd bite him too. I haven't seen him for so many years, I have a little kindness, and now I'm here to visit, it must be the weasel giving the chicken New Year's greetings."

Wen Zhi nodded: "Let's go find Mao Mao."

Song Jiao is still feverish.When the two of them went, he and Xie Chen, two sick and wounded, were lying side by side on the bed.

Xie Chen could only lie flat because both shoulders were injured.As for Song Jiao, because there was still a handkerchief on his forehead, it would fall off when he turned over.

The two were talking one after another.

Xie Chen said: "You are a little fool, you don't even know you have a fever."

Song Jiao refused to accept it: "I have already taken the medicine in advance, who knows that I will still have a fever?"

"You're a little fool."

"You're the little fool."

……

Repeated a hundred times, with the sound of "Wow, woof, woof" in the middle, it was the system helping Song Jiao.

On the hundred and first time, Xie Chen said: "Little fool, I want to drink water, I'm thirsty."

Song Jiao subconsciously blurted out: "You are the little fool."

Xie Chen smiled and said, "You really are a little fool."

Just as the little idiot Song Jiao was about to sit up, Wen Zhi held him down: "Don't move." He turned his head and told Mu Ying: "Brother Parrot, pour water for Brother Chen to drink."

Muying turned her head to pour water, and Song Jiao of course knew what Wen Zhilai meant, so she asked, "Zhi Duoxing, how is it going? Have you got any results?"

"There is."

Song Jiao's eyes lit up: "How is it?"

Wen Zhi looked troubled, and shook his head at him: "There is no problem at all."

"How come?" Song Jiao touched his chin, then touched Xie Chen with his elbow, "Brother Shen, are wolves attracted by other things? Besides smell."

Xie Chen thought for a while, and said seriously: "There are still prey."

"Like what?"

"Like a little rabbit, a little Mao Mao, a little cat..."

Before Xie Chen finished talking, Song Jiao quickly lifted the quilt and sat up, pressing his waist and legs with his elbows.

This is the experience that Song Jiao summed up these days.Xie Chen was injured in other places, and only these few places could be hit.

Song Jiao's voice was still a little low because of illness: "Stop talking nonsense!"

Xie Chen begged for mercy: "Stop talking, it's wrong!"

Wen Zhi was sitting by the bed, Mu Ying was holding the freshly poured water, she didn't know whether to interrupt them, after thinking about it, she finally looked up at the curtain and started counting the little flowers embroidered on it.

"One, two, three..."

Wen Zhi paused, and began to join him: "Four, five..."

When counting to number 30, the two fell silent, Song Jiao let Xie Chen go, clapped his hands, and lay down again.

Xie Chen picked up the handkerchief that had slipped off, and covered his face again.

Wen Zhi withdrew his gaze: "So are there other things that can attract wolves?"

Song Jiao turned her head, looked at Xie Chen angrily, and asked fiercely, "Is there any more?"

Xie Chen replied solemnly: "No, in their situation at that time, it is impossible to have other things that would attract wolves."

"That's weird." Wen Zhi muttered in a low voice, and soon pulled himself together, "I've asked the doctor to check it again, and I'll come back when I have the results."

As he was about to leave, Song Jiao suddenly asked, "Zhi Duoxing, do you have any doubts?"

Wen Zhi nodded: "Well, I suspect that there is something wrong with Jiang Ping, but I don't think he did it on purpose. He was probably used unintentionally."

"Over the years, Senior Brother Liu has begged him so many times, but he has never let Jiang Ping out. There is an exception this year. I don't think this is Li Xu's kindness."

Wen Zhi quickly sighed again: "But in the end, these are just my guesses, and I haven't found evidence yet." He asked Song Jiao again: "How do you know?"

Song Jiao said, "You didn't tell Senior Brother Liu about this."

"Yes." Wen Zhi smiled, "You can tell that Senior Brother Liu and Jiang Ping have a good relationship. I'm afraid Senior Brother Liu will leak the news."

"Ah."

"I suspect that Jiang Ping already knew that he was being used. Just now he and Li Xu got into a fight, and there was a lot of noise."

"That……"

Wen Zhi said solemnly: "I will not tell His Majesty my guess for the time being, I want to wait for Jiang Ping to confess."

"That's right, we guessed it in the first place, and it has something to do with the Qing Kingdom, so it's better to be on the safe side."

"Okay, you rest, brother Ying and I will go back first." Wen Zhi's eyes turned around between Song Jiao and Xie Chen, "Mamao, in fact, according to me, you and Brother Shen are still separated. Come live..."

Xie Chenteng sat up immediately: "Leave as soon as you finish speaking, Zhi Duoxing, you talk a lot, go out."

Wen Zhi was not afraid of him, looked at Song Jiao: "You decide for yourself."

Song Jiao smiled at him: "I think this is very good, it is convenient for the doctors to see the doctor together, and it is also convenient for you to visit together."

"Okay." Wen Zhi gritted his teeth and said.

The more he looked at Song Jiao, the more he felt that Song Jiao's smile was silly.

Wen Zhi and Mu Ying walked to the door, for some reason, Wen Zhi suddenly stopped, turned around, and Song Jiao also sat up.

"Zhi Duoxing, I know..."

"Mao Mao..."

The two said in unison: "The horse that Jiang Ping is riding!"

Wen Zhi immediately turned around and went out, secretly sending someone to find the horse that Jiang Ping was riding at that time.

Jiang Ping said that the horse was killed by the wolves shortly after Jiang Ping led the wolves away, so he had to abandon the horse and escape.When Jiang Ping came back, he was found by Liu Yi, and the two rode together.

Afterwards, everyone was busy saving people, so how could they care about horses?I heard from Jiang Ping that when he died, he died.

The horse was still out on the prairie, the only thing that hadn't been tested.

Wen Zhi sent people to search for it within a radius of [-] li, but found nothing.

Finally, Wen Zhi stood not far from the place where they met the wolves. When he lowered his head, he suddenly found that the soil under his feet was freshly turned.

Suddenly, he was so blessed that he called all the soldiers over and asked them to dig up the soil under his feet.

Not long after, a big hole was dug out on the ground, and the horse was in the hole.

Let the doctor come over to check it, and not long after, several doctors picked off a dried herbal leaf from the saddle.

It was already night when Wen Zhi came back with his people.

Instead of going to Mr. Xie first, he went to Song Jiao first.

Song Jiao looked at the herbs Wen Zhi wrapped in his handkerchief: "This is it?"

"It's this, the herb that lures wolves."

"But the horse was buried in the ground."

"Yes."

"Brother Jiang Ping was seriously injured at that time, he couldn't have buried the horse by himself."

The two looked at each other, and still said in unison: "Senior Brother Liu."

Song Jiao rewrapped the herbs and returned them to Wen Zhi: "There should be more herbs that attract wolves, but after Jiang Ping led away the wolves, he suddenly found that he was the culprit who attracted the wolves."

"When Senior Brother Liu found Brother Jiang Ping, Brother Jiang Ping told him about it. Senior Brother Liu also knew that Brother Jiang Ping was being used, but Brother Jiang Ping couldn't explain this kind of thing by himself. Li Xu refused to admit it, and Jiang Ping was the only one who was dealt with."

"So, Senior Brother Liu thought, and helped Brother Jiang Ping hide this matter. He helped Brother Jiang Ping lose the herbs and buried the horse."

Wen Zhi nodded: "Yes."

Song Jiao was very embarrassed: "Senior brother Liu is involved again, what should I do?"

Wen Zhi clasped his hands and snorted coldly: "If Senior Brother Liu hadn't been involved, I would have told His Majesty exactly what I had guessed when I suspected Jiang Ping."

Xie Chen suddenly asked: "Li Xu, who hasn't gone out for several years, where did he get this herbal medicine?"