"..." Su Ling was stunned and looked at A Cai on the ground: "Is that so? A Cai?"
A Cai closed his mouth and looked at Su Ling's bright eyes, Zaku also closed his eyes at the same time.
"Although I'm not from your Zaku, and I'm not a 'child of the mountains'..." Char Ya's tone was mocking: "But I'm not the kind of outsider who doesn't know anything about the mountains! Do you understand? I have lived in Mountain! So, do you really think I'm so easy to deceive?"
Xia Ya gently raised her hand to block Su Ling, then grabbed the leather jacket on A Cai's body, lifted him up, brought him close to the opponent's nose, and stared into A Cai's eyes from a close distance: "I I've been suspicious for two days, but I'm not from your Zaku after all, so I haven't seen through your tricks, but fortunately, today I finally understand."
He paused: "First, you have been taking us around! If it was someone else, maybe you were really deceived! Since we crossed the river the next day and entered the 'wild forest' area you mentioned After that, in fact, you took us on a folded route for the rest of the time. Although we walked for four days, we actually walked only a few dozen miles in a straight line! Right!"
"I... I'm just taking us to find something! Since it's a search, of course, we can't go in a straight line. We need to expand the search area as much as possible." A dish put forward a reason for defense.
"Yes, I thought so too at first." The sneer on Xia Ya's face solidified: "I also thought that the detour back and forth was to find the magic kiss taro. But I accidentally discovered your little trick! "
Saying that, Xia rubbed a couple of hands on his neck, and then snorted: "From the moment we entered the wild forest, the deworming potion you gave us is obviously useless! At first, I felt strange, why are we here? The bugs are getting worse and worse, even if you put those mosquito repellents on it, it's useless! But now I understand that the herbs you gave me are not insect repellants at all! Because unfortunately, your Uncle, Zuo, I once walked with him, he told me at least three kinds of flowers and plants, as long as you squeeze out the juice, you can effectively drive away those pesky mosquitoes! But what you use for us is not these three Any of the species!"
When Xia said this, he glanced at A Cai: "Don't tell me that your medicine is better... Remember what I asked you the night before? You said that other herbs are only in the woods in the south, and this is in the north. Linzi, there are no other herbs... But unfortunately, I found those insect-repelling flowers and plants when I was chasing pheasants in the grass this morning! These things are not difficult to find, there are many! You 'son of the mountain', you never know Make such a low-level mistake!"
"Okay!" A Cai stiffened her neck: "Even if I made a mistake with the deworming herbs, so what? You can only say that my ability in this area is too mediocre. What evidence do you have that I did it? Hands and feet?"
"Two reasons."
Xia took a breath: "I deliberately drilled into the bushes today, guess what I'm looking for? Tell you, I'm looking for a snake! That's right, and I found it too! Do you know what I found? I I found the snakes I found, those snakes are not afraid of me! I walked by it casually, but the snakes didn't seem to respond! I think the smell of the 'worm-repellent potion' you gave me played a wonderful role What you put on us these two days is not for deworming at all! It's to keep us from being attacked by snakes! Right? Not attacked by snakes? I thought about it for a while, ah, little guy, I happen to know that there is a kind of flower and grass, which is the favorite thing of snakes!"
Arai closed her mouth.
Xia Ya glanced at him and continued: "The second reason, I found out, you are making marks along the way! You did it very cleverly, you didn't foolishly draw any patterns on the bark or leave it behind. Something to mark, but... hum, there's something wrong with your knife!"
He picked up A Cai's knife, brought the blade to his nose and sniffed, his eyes lit up: "Hehe, what is it? The fruit pulp is mixed with honey, right? Very clever! You cut down the bushes in front of him. And the thorns open the way for us, and your blade has stained the pulp and honey on the thorns along the way in the process of chopping! There are many wild bees in this forest, and those things will be destroyed by these honey fruits. The pulp attracts swarms and eventually becomes a natural signpost!"
"..." A Cai finally sighed. He raised his eyelids and stared at Xia Ya with a bitter tone: "I admit, you seem to know a lot about things in the mountains, which is different from those other outsiders. You said It's good, fruit pulp and honey, but with the addition of a snake's saliva, it will give off a smell that our human nose can't smell, only insects can smell it."
"Oh, you admit it." Xia smiled: "So, tell me, who are you leading the way? Who are you leaving these marks along the way to track us?"
Listening to the conversation between the two, Su Ling next to her was stunned. She stared at the two with wide eyes, and suddenly screamed: "A dish! Did you really do this? Why! Why did you do these things?"
A Cai sighed, the young man turned his head to look at Su Ling and hesitated for a moment: "Su Ling, I have no ill intentions, these are the orders of the Great Chief. The night before we set off, the Great Chief summoned me alone. , I swore in my uncle's name to do these things for the warchief. So... you really shouldn't be sneaking here!"
Su Ling opened her mouth and was stunned for a moment, but A Cai had already turned her head to look at Xia Ya: "Sir, please put me down, I didn't mean to do this, I..."
Xia Ya released A Cai, put him on the ground, patted his clothes, and smiled lightly: "You don't have to be afraid, I won't hurt you, because A Zuo is your uncle, A Zuo once sacrificed him Save me with my own life, I owe him! So, as long as you tell me the truth, I won't blame you."
The young Zaku's eyes were very complicated. He swallowed his saliva, looked at Su Ling, hesitated, and finally sighed: "Okay! Sir, you are actually... for the holy snake, right? The warchief told me that you are here to help us Zaku, you are friends, you are here to help us deal with the holy snake together, right?"
"... I did have such a promise to your uncle." Xia Yazheng nodded, his eyes were firm: "I will work hard for your uncle."
A Cai was relieved, he breathed a sigh of relief: "The Great Chief told me so, but he didn't say anything to you face to face, because of some special reasons... Regarding the issue of the holy snake, the Great Chief told me that our tribe The opinions in the tribe are not unified. Therefore, the chief did not make any decision in person, and for some reasons, he could not announce it in public in the tribe…”
Xia Ya nodded: "Some reasons?"
"You don't understand, although our tribe, the great chief is the leader of the tribe, but he has to listen to the opinions of the great sacrifice on many things. The power to communicate with the holy serpent... And on the issue of the holy serpent, the attitude of the chief and the priest has always been completely opposite..."
Xia Ya glanced at Dotolo, and the two exchanged glances before Xia Ya continued: "What do you mean, the great priest in your tribe is against any action against that holy snake?"
"The big priest thinks that we should continue to be obedient to the holy snake." To Xiaya's surprise, it was Su Ling who answered this question, the little girl said with anger on her face, "I hate that guy, all day ghost. Sneaky, he is just being selfish! Because only the existence of the holy snake can he have the current status! The priest is responsible for communicating with the holy snake, listening to every order of the holy snake, and detoxifying the will of the holy snake! That guy only Will watch our brothers and sisters get devoured by that big monster!"
There's a reason for Su-ling's anger, because she's one of the victims herself for the upcoming Snake pick.
"If any decision is made openly in the tribe, or openly..." A Cai whispered: "The chief is worried that it will cause the objection of the priest, and that guy might do something behind his back, so we can only do some disguise. - Just like hunting, you can't alert the prey, you can only go around in a roundabout way, and then quietly approach..."
"Understood, so we asked to enter the forest to find the magic kiss taro, and the Great Chief happily agreed. In fact, he took the opportunity to let you take us into the forest, and then..." Xia's eyes suddenly widened: "You don't want to directly Bring us to the holy snake, please slaughter that monster?"
"According to the season, now is the time for it to sleep, and it is also the best chance." A Cai gritted his teeth: "And, isn't this what you came here for? You promised... Also, we won't Just let you do it alone! The warchief has secretly transferred a group of the most elite warriors in the tribe. They will leave the tribe in the name of hunting, and then join us in the depths of the forest. I leave these marks along the way, which are Let those warriors follow our path, and we will finally come together... and form a team of slaughtering snakes to kill that monster and save our tribe!"
Xia Ya sighed, and looked at A Cai with a more polite look: "Then why did you take me around for two days? Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"
"It's not because of Su Ling." A Cai smiled helplessly: "This is a dangerous thing! Su Ling suddenly caught up with us and disrupted the plan! I tried to persuade her to go back, but she refused. It's too dangerous to go with her, so I've been hesitant for the past two days..."