There is a gap behind the tree hole, and there is a soil stove.
Perhaps Lin Dou had already planned to use this place as a hiding place. The earth stove was on a thick tree root several feet above the ground. The opening of the flue was very hidden. The heat and smoke were just poured into the raised tree roots, and the smoke rose into the air. It has already drifted away, as long as you don't get close, you won't smell that smoky smell.
When Meng Qi first saw the smoke, his expression changed greatly, and he immediately followed his breath to find the earth stove.
Hu Zi was squatting by the stove and fanning the fire, but Meng Qi pulled him away, so frightened that his fan fell off.
"Put out the fire!"
"However, the medicine is not ready yet..."
Hu Zi stammered, and before he could finish speaking, Mo Li also followed.
"What's wrong?" Mo Li still didn't understand what was going on.
Meng Qi asked with a bad expression: "Have you not seen the quagmire formed by the decay of branches and leaves in the mountains? What would happen if an open fire was lit there?"
There is usually biogas in the swamp, and mountain residents can often see bubbles emerging from the surface of the quagmire. The mountain people do not know what this is, and it is usually called a monster.
Because of the monster involved, Mo Li naturally went to see it.
These quagmire usually have an unpleasant smell.
Mo Li gave firewood to Hu Zi to boil medicine, precisely because he did not smell the smell after entering the ancient forest, and because Hu Zi said that they had boiled hot water, and Mo Li didn’t see Hu Zi going in the direction of the ground. I didn't care.
As a result, after being reminded by Meng Qiyi, Doctor Mo only saw the flue of the earthen stove. He was stunned for a moment, then was shocked, and put out the fire in the stove.
"What's the matter with this flue? Why do you want to exhaust the smoke like this?"
As soon as Mo Li's words came out, he thought of Lin Dou's thoughts. This person was probably afraid that the smoke from the cooking would be discovered, so he covered it up like this, but isn't this courting death
There was no smell in the forest, probably because of the snow cover.
Beneath the roots of the trees are aged putrefaction, the heat and smoke melting the snow and ice.
"How deep is the rotting ooze on the ground?" Mo Li asked.
"No, it's not too deep." Hu Zi made a comparison, about his knees.
Mo Li was not at ease, he told Hu Zi: "Don't use this stove again."
If the methane in the mud layer flows in along the flue, accumulates and increases, and then encounters an open fire when heated, let alone a child, even a martial arts master will suffer.
The ink carp picked up the tiger and retreated to another tree.
Hu Zi looked confused, he didn't understand how a fire caused trouble, and it took them several days!
Meng Qi walked around the earthen stove and found that although the opening of the flue was pierced into the roots of the tree, the other parts were still exposed, but they were only covered. Looking at the dry vine again, the sealing of the flue is not good, and some places are leaking smoke.
"How about it?"
"There is no danger for the time being, and there is no obvious smell near the roots of the tree." Meng Qi returned to his relaxed and calm look, he calmed down and smiled, "Maybe it's luck, there's not much methane here, maybe it's because stupid people have to go to heaven. Bless."
Doctor Mo was a little puzzled, and when he saw the unqualified and unsealed flue, he was speechless.
Meng Qi seemed to be interested. He sighed with emotion: "There are always some people who are blessed by God, seek death foolishly, and then escape because of their poor ability. After the gate of hell closed and walked back and forth, they still didn't know anything. In this world, people who are confused have no troubles, and people who are sober live in misery. Doctor, do you think I should give up something and just live by it in a confused way?"
Doctor Mo didn't even think about it, and asked in surprise, "Why do you think confused people are not troubled?"
"Eat and sleep every day, sleep and eat, what troubles do you have?"
"That's not a confused person, it's a pig." Mo Li retorted solemnly, "Lin Dou is just a confused person in your mouth. How dare you say that he has no troubles?"
With a legacy of the previous dynasty, I lived in hiding in Tibet, and finally settled down in Qinghu Town, but I met the Holy Lotus Altar, and I gritted my teeth and lived in the Holy Lotus Altar, and the epidemic happened again. In this situation, who can not worry about it
"Don't talk about Lin Dou, just talk about Hu Zi, doesn't he have any troubles?" Mo Li wiped the ashes off Hu Zi's face.
Hu Zi blinked and lowered his head awkwardly.
The child was still young, and Mo Li didn't know if he understood what Lin Dou just said.
But even if you don't know your life experience, you can find many unusual things, such as why you don't have parents, why you are hunted down, why everyone around you disappears and finally only Lin Dou is left. This is enough distress for a child. .
"Farmers worry about a year's harvest, merchants worry about damaged goods, and even fools who don't know anything are afraid of being beaten on the road. People who don't have far-sighted thoughts must have immediate worries. How can there be no one in the world who has no worries? Those who envy ordinary people at sunrise and rest at sunset must be rich and noble people who have never tasted the hard work of farming, and those who envy others who live their lives in confusion, think they are smart people." Mo Li said, warning Meng Qi expressionlessly, "If you want to boast, just say it directly, don't be so euphemistic."
Meng Qi was dumbfounded.
It is true that he always sees himself as unusual in his heart, different from ordinary people, but just now he really didn't mean to brag about being a smart person. Did the doctor misunderstand something
Do I need to explain to the doctor
Meng Qi struggled for a while, and suddenly realized that the other party did it on purpose.
- In order to make him stop digging the horns.
Meng Qi raised his eyebrows, his eyes looking at Mo Li became deeper and deeper, and he thought to himself, how could he meet such a person
The ink carp picked up the earthen pot on the stove, and the medicine had not been boiled, and the strong bitter taste had come out.
The crock pot is very hot, and the ink carp doesn't care at all.
"If the doctor doesn't mind, I can help you." Meng Qi took the initiative to reach out to get the medicine jar.
Mo Li was a little worried, looked at the tree hole in front of him and said, "You don't know how long it will take to boil, I will go elsewhere to find some firewood to cook the medicine. Lin Dou's illness gets better soon, and he can bring it with him as soon as possible. Huzi left Qinghu Town."
Meng Qi thought that it was indeed the case, so he agreed to stay here to take care of him and wait for Mo Li to return.
Hu Zi saw that the good-natured doctor was gone, so he quietly moved to a place far away from Meng Qi.
"Afraid of me?" Meng Qi raised an eyebrow.
Hu Zi shrank his neck, did not quibble, but nodded honestly.
Meng Qi couldn't help squinting his eyes, thinking that this child is very smart and can see people's eyes very well.
A noble man of noble bloodline who was forced to flee, not only did not appear to be bossy, but he would look at people, what does this mean
This child's life was not easy. Although the guards tried their best to protect him, they did not respect him as a superior. They only protected "the blood of Prince Zhaohua".
Therefore, Lin Dou did not tell Hu Zi the truth, and he controlled the child a lot, not letting him interact with outsiders, and not allowing him to take food from outsiders. Lin Dou and others sacrificed their lives to protect the child, and the child must have a "good attitude" in order to survive. These two are actually accomplishing tasks of the same nature.
The difference is that Lin Dou is voluntary, and Hu Zi has no choice.
"You can make a fire and burn a stove." Meng Qi looked at the child in front of him and said to himself, "It's interesting, it's really interesting."
Huzi didn't know what he was talking about, so he could only hide in the corner.
The child touched the goosebumps on his arm, and lowered his head to think that this person is very good-looking, but it is also really scary. When he glanced at him, it was as if a knife was on his neck, and his whole body was chilled, as if he had lost all his clothes, and all his secrets were exposed to the other party's eyes.
The more frightened Hu Zi was, the more interested Meng Qi became. He suddenly felt that teasing children was a good way to pass the time.
"Tell me, what are you thinking now?"
"… "
"The consequences of not telling the truth, or not telling the truth, do you want to try it?" Meng Qi threatened directly, without the guilty conscience of bullying the child.
Hu Zi hurriedly shook his head and whispered, "I'm thinking about when the doctor will come back."
It's not that I hope that Uncle Lin's medicine will be ready soon, but that with the doctor around, this person will be more restrained.
Meng Qi saw through the child's mind at a glance, and smiled: "Yes, the doctor is a good man, and he can control me. It's a pity that he can't come back for the time being. You go on to say, don't try to fool around, I'll wait."
Hu Zi looked embarrassed, he couldn't help leaning back against the tree trunk, and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "...I, I'm thinking, in fact, you are the national teacher that Uncle Lin said."
"Oh?"
"...You're just afraid of trouble and don't want to take over my trouble." Hu Zi lowered his head and repeated, "I know I'm a trouble, Uncle Lin is always very dissatisfied with me, and I can't do anything well."
Meng Qi was noncommittal: "What else?"
Hu Zi was stunned for a while, then suddenly pulled the jade pendant from his neck and handed it to Meng Qi.
"If this thing stays with me, it will only cause trouble for me and Uncle Lin forever."
Meng Qi was a little surprised this time. He thought that the child was just retreating and wanted to keep himself.
Hu Zi held the jade pendant and whispered: "Actually, Uncle Lin said in a dream that he wanted me to be a great person, but I can't recite poetry and books, and I can't learn martial arts..."
Meng Qi didn't wait for him to finish, he picked up the person and went into the tree hole.
Lin Dou was lying on the bed with all his thoughts in despair when he suddenly saw Meng Qi brought Hu Zi in, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Do you know what stupid thing you have done?" Meng Qi didn't give Lin Dou a chance to speak, and he scolded his face.
Lin Dou was very dazed at first, and was secretly annoyed when he was scolded. When he realized that his flue had almost blown the tree hole, his expression changed to panic, and the whole person was terrified.
Meng Qi didn't give him any face at all, and continued to yell: "You don't know my identity, so dare to care for the orphan? Even if I were that Meng Guoshi from the previous dynasty, I would definitely protect this child? You know that when you said that you were about to die, What is the expression? At that time, you seemed to have thrown off a heavy burden, and you were so obvious that even the child knew it!"
Lin Dou looked at Hu Zi in shock, but the latter pursed his lips and did not speak.
Meng Qi sneered and said, "Let's not say that, if you want to keep Prince Zhaohua's bloodline, why don't you throw away this jade pendant? The world is in turmoil, and there are rebels everywhere. Nowadays, the imperial court does not strictly control the people. If If you have the intention to hide, how can you be found so many times, and you are the only one left in the end? Have you contacted the former Ministry of the former dynasty to find a good opportunity to restore the country?"
Lin Dou instinctively retorted: "I don't think so for a long time. I just want to protect Huzi and let him grow up safely."
"I can see, otherwise he wouldn't be able to light a stove, just like an ordinary child. But even so, you still don't give up and entrust the tiger to me. The burden you throw away is not a troublesome legacy of the former dynasty. The pulse, but the idea of restoring the country."
Meng Qi put his hands behind his hands and exposed Lin Dou mercilessly, "You really want to give up, but you are afraid that you will be shameless after you die... I think, maybe it's your father, maybe it's your colleague, and you even feel ashamed See Prince Zhaohua."
Lin Dou was speechless, and staggered to get up after a long while, and said in pain, "I know what the national teacher said. But they are all dead. Before they died, they put their hope on me, but I was the one who lived to the end. , If Huzi became an ordinary person, I... why am I living to the end? If it doesn't matter to me, I can also say high-sounding words!"
"Why, you still don't accept it?" Meng Qi sneered and sarcastically said, "The Qi Dynasty only ruled the north of the Yangtze River, and several kings in the south were separated, all of which belonged to the blood of the previous dynasties, and the territory of the Chu Dynasty has not yet fallen. , why do you have to come with this child?"
Lin Dou shook his head and said with difficulty, "The kings in the south of the Yangtze River will not be able to make a difference. In order to fight for the position of orthodoxy, they beat their heads and blood first."
Meng Qi smiled and said, "Really? But you are all from the same way, so you like to talk about orthodoxy. You have an orthodox bloodline in your hands. If you have an army of 100,000 people and a state, you will make this child king. . And then, the world comes down to worship, and the number of kings surrenders, admitting that he is the real dragon and the emperor?"
"… "
"So, what's the use of orthodoxy?" Meng Qi said with an indifferent expression, "If you have the ability, and this child has the ability, you can start from scratch and work hard to gain power and fight for the world. If you can't do it, you can live in anonymity and live a good life. , for people like you who are superstitious in the orthodox bloodline, isn't the most urgent task at the moment to guard this child, raise him as an adult, and let him start a family and inherit his lineage?"
After Meng Qi finished speaking, he went straight out of the tree hole without looking at Lin Dou's reaction.
Mo Li was standing outside holding a medicine jar, and the two happened to bump into each other.
"...The national teacher is very majestic." Doctor Mo said quietly.
"Cough, I think that child is pitiful." Meng Qi stood up straight, but his eyes floated elsewhere.
Mo Li smiled and said: "You seem to be in a better mood after scolding him? Why don't you scold Lin Dou a few more times. I will treat him and treat you. It's killing two birds with one stone."
Meng Qi hurriedly said: "This recipe is not easy to use, although I don't remember the past, but I don't want to touch the old affairs of the Chu Dynasty at all! I don't know how the emperor of the previous dynasty offended me, I feel tired when I think of him, It's like drinking soup and seeing flies."
"It feels right."
Mo Li looked at Meng Qi and said thoughtfully, "My teacher said that Li Yuanze, the founding king of the Chu Dynasty, was only a small general at the border in his early years. Corrupt people can't live well, so after he rebelled, the crowd responded. Li Yuanze has both the appearance of a hero and the ambition of a master. He knows people and makes good use of them. He was surrounded by a variety of civil and military forces, and eventually ruled the world. He began to cut military power within a few years of becoming emperor. In his later years, he became even more lethargic. He intensified the persecution of old ministers, paving the way for his descendants to take sole control of the imperial power. There are both conspiracy and counterfeiting charges, and people like Jingyuan Hou who died inexplicably. You think Li Yuanze is like a fly in the soup, this analogy is good, you may indeed be Meng Guoshi, General Liu did not say that Meng Qi was also Li Yuanze’s The founding hero? It’s not surprising that a king who goes back on his word and kills loyal ministers and good generals is disgusting.”
Meng Qi was silent for a while, then he pointed to his face: "Doctor, then do you think I will have any memories of my past life, otherwise I can't live forever, and I can't be rejuvenated, why am I so young..."
"I suspect that you are not human. For example, youkai will never grow old."
Mo Li left those words and left, leaving Meng Qi as if struck by lightning and standing there blankly.
So his past... is the monster going down the mountain to help others conquer the world
Why does it sound so ridiculous
The author has something to say:
Lin Dou: This child is of orthodox blood. His grandfather was Prince Zhaohua, and his great-grandfather was the founding king of the Chu Dynasty! It is the blood of a true dragon!
Longmai: Say it again!
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Qin Lu: Envying the life of ordinary people means that they have not experienced the hardships and dangers of ordinary people's life. Envying the foolish eggs means that they are smart people... This old man's chicken soup, drink it quickly.
Mo Li: Every New Year, I envy the people who live together in a lively way and are connected by blood.
Author: This means that you do not have a blind date copy.
Ink carp:…
Author: I envy those who go out to travel for the New Year.
Mo carp: This shows that you are poor.
author:…
The author and the protagonist hurt each other on the scene
Qin Lu: What are you doing, where is my chicken soup? Why is it sour