At night, the doors and windows of the entire Heishui City are closed. Knowing that there may be other strange birds, even bigger and more vicious, who dares to run out, wishing to use wooden sticks to block all the doors and windows. Sealed.
In the inn, no one dared to sleep, whether it was the guests or the shopkeeper. Who knows how many birds would fly over, in case they smashed the doors and windows...
"Eat slowly." Bo Yunxiu picked up vegetables and sent them to Shen Muxi's bowl, "Although it's not as good as your cooking, but you don't care too much when you're away from home." Shen Muxi looked at Han who was sitting alone at the table. No, I feel a little sad.
Han Busu looked at him giggling, he didn't care about anything, he saw through life and death, but he felt lonely in his heart after all. She rejects everyone's approach, probably because of her self-protection, or because of the poison in this body, there is no cure! Those who touch it will die!
"Senior Han?" Shen Muxi called softly, "Sit down, we are husband and wife, we are not afraid of your poison."
Han Busu rolled his eyes, "He tried to lie to me again and eat my bird's leg, but there's no way!"
"Don't be ignorant of good and bad, Xi'er is worried that you will end up alone forever." Qian Mian gritted his teeth.
"Talking nonsense, I'll poison you to death!" Han Busu gave him a gouged look.
Shut up in embarrassment, you fuck up, you talk!
Suddenly, the wind and sand outside seemed to be a lot bigger, and there was a rattling sound when it hit the windows. The people in the house were all in fear, not knowing how the wind and sand could be so severe tonight.
It stands to reason that it is not the wind season yet!
Mi Li stood at the door, and sand was blown in from time to time through the crack of the door, so he couldn't see the situation outside at all.
"Don't worry, I've tried it!" Han Busu was full of words, "They can't handle it, they are not as poisonous as me, of course... unless the ancestors of these things are still alive, the poisonousness of these extended things will be passed down from generation to generation. If it weakens from generation to generation, it will eventually fail.”
After a pause, Han Busu narrowed his eyes, "Of course, the first and second generations are the scariest, and I will eat the rest."
"Is there anything else you don't want to eat?" Qian Mian snorted lightly.
"Loss!" She snorted coldly.
Thousand Faces,"… "
That's all, that's all!
The wind has been blowing until dawn, before it tends to weaken.
When Shen Muxi opened his eyes, he realized that he was lying in Bo Yunxiu's arms and fell asleep, "Why don't you let me go?"
"How can you let go?" He hooked his lips and smiled softly.
Shen Muxi smiled and got down from his arms, "You just sat like this all night?"
"Did Mrs. Bo sleep well last night?" Bo Yunxiu asked with a smile, she got up slowly, probably because her legs were numb.
She nods.
He smiled, "Hello!"
"Nicky!" Han Busu rolled his eyes and went out holding two steamed buns, "I'm going to see what's delicious today."
Al followed suit, and outside the gate of Heishui City, a lot of people surrounded him in a dark, chattering voice who didn't know what to say.
"This is..." Al's eyes widened, "So many birds?"
It was dead and black, and it was bigger and stronger than the previous bird.
"Find the one with the biggest crown!" Bo Yunxiu ordered.
Mi Li and Yue Gui nodded, and the crowd dispersed quickly, walking around the dead bird, the crowns were not big, only two were bigger, the others were about the same, except that they were a little bigger than the previous one.
"It's over!" Han Busu spread his hands, "If you didn't catch the leader, if you make another nest tomorrow, the ball will be dead!"
"There's blood!" Shen Muxi shouted, and everyone quickly gathered around.
It was blood, and it looked like he was seriously injured.
"It's my poison, it's working!" Han Busu narrowed his eyes dangerously, "The second generation!"
After the sound fell, Han Busu had already run quickly along the bloodstains.
"Ale, tell everyone to go home and lock the doors and windows, remember?" Bao Yunxiu ordered.
Al nodded, "Remember, I'll let everyone go back right away!"
Looking at the back of Ale leaving, Bao Yunxiu clenched Shen Muxi's hand and walked along the bloodstain, "No matter what happens, just run away, remember?"
Shen Muxi was amused by him, "Understood, I am the life of a gopher, if you have something to do, hurry up and drill the hole!"
"It's good to know!" His face darkened slightly.
The bloodstains stretched all the way to the other side of the rocky mountain. This place looked barren, and I didn't know where it was.
"Don't go any further!" Ale caught up from behind, panting heavily, "The Ghost Howling Mountain is ahead, and people in Heishui City dare not go in, and they don't know what's inside. Anyone who goes in, It's impossible to come out alive."
"Why are you back?" Qianmian asked.
Al Mohan said, "I will not be your guide. If there is a storm in the desert, you will not be able to come back. I have asked Mrs. Mu La to tell everyone to go back to the house to hide, so things in Heishui City, Just rest assured."
"That's good!" Mi Li nodded, "Master, how about..."
Han Busu squatted on the ground and stared for a while, "It's really powerful. I vomit blood all the way, and I can fly in. It can be seen that the poison is comparable to me. Although it is still inevitable, but... being able to come back alive is a testament to endurance. .”
"Did you go in?" Bo Yunxiu asked.
Han Busu nodded, "I'll go in and have a look!"
"You're crazy, there won't be enough for a person to eat later." Qian Mian was anxious.
"Bullshit!" Han Busu rolled his eyes, "I wish it could eat me. I'll start with the internal organs, build a boiler, and come out after celebrating the new year!"
Thousand Faces,"… "
This person's mouth... was so poisonous that even she would not let it go.
Now that you're here, there's no reason to back down, just be careful.
On the barren rocky mountain, there is a gap in the middle of the mountain. From the bottom up, it is dark, and it should be a cave. And looking at the place where the blood dripped at the foot of the mountain, the dying bird should be on it.
"Don't move, I'll go and see!" Bao Yunxiu said with a cold face, it was so high and so steep, it was impossible for ordinary people to climb up.
"I'll go with you!" Qian Mian said.
Mi Li was in a hurry, "Master?"
"Protect Madam!" Bo Yunxiu dropped a sentence, and rushed up into the air with a blank face. After a few landings, stepping on the protruding rocks with his toes, he flew straight up halfway up the mountain, and quickly stuck to the outer wall of the cave.
Qianmian followed closely behind, and took a sneak peek into the cave, it was okay not to look, but when he saw... he almost threw up, "What the hell is this?"
"Cannibalism." Bo Yunxiu walked slowly to the entrance of the cave. The cave was full of stench, and the three birds that had given birth to big crowns were still struggling, while one was torn apart and pecked to death by the bird's beak. bird carcass.
"Sure enough, a beast is a beast, alas..." Qianmian sighed softly.
"Look carefully, I'll go and bring him up." Bo Yunxiu flew down.
"It's all on the top, almost dead." Bo Yunxiu raised his head, "I'll go up later."
Shen Muxi was puzzled, "Master is still up there."
"Well, let him keep an eye on it. Let's go up again when the bird is dead!" Bao Yunxiu explained indifferently.
Shen Muxi, "..."
After a long time, Qianmian didn't see anyone coming up, he couldn't help but feel his heart tighten, and his spine felt a chill, "Why don't you come up?"
"Is it dead?" Bo Yunxiu asked.
Qianmian thought for a while, "Dead!"
In this way, Bao Yunxiu gently took Shen Muxi into his arms, "Hold me tight."
Shen Muxi nodded, Ruyu's arms quickly wrapped around his neck, the next moment, the wind whistling in her ears, she hastily closed her eyes, and buried her face in Bao Yunxiu's arms.
She didn't dare to open her eyes until she landed.
"It stinks!" Yuegui whispered, and let go of Han Busu.
Mi Li put Ale down and looked at the dark cave, "Ale, did you mention this cave? Or something like that?"
"No!" Al shook his head. "No one dares to come in. How could they know that there is a cave here, and such strange birds are born."
Han Busu went in with a fire bag, and the poisoned bird flew back and died of being torn apart, that is to say, it was swallowed alive by the remaining three birds. And those three birds are still flapping their wings, but they can no longer move.
"Don't worry!" Han Busu straightened up, "No matter how powerful the poison is, it cannot escape the erosion of time."
Shen Muxi stepped forward quickly, "Are you going to die of old age?"
"It can be seen that there are many crimes committed." Yue Gui said.
There are three birds, one is the first generation, the crown is black, it can be seen that this bird is the oldest.
This reminded Shen Muxi of the snake Gu in Huli Village back then. At the beginning, those people had such an idea and wanted to pass on the snake Gu from generation to generation, but they didn't expect that the toxicity would be weakened in the end.
The other two birds gave birth to big crowns, and the crowns were dark. They should be the second generation, but they couldn't fly or walk anymore.
No wonder all the birds flew out, but these three are still hiding in the cave, they are really old. And those birds that brought people back were also for the three ancestors to share food with, and there was a pile of white bones beside them, really damn it!
"Xi girl, try to see if you can find something!" Han Busu said.
Shen Muxi knew what she meant, she just wanted to find the Gu planted in the first generation of bird clan. The bird just died, this Gu should still be alive, I don't know what kind of Gu it is, it's so disgusting.
The thing came out of the bird's mouth, like an earthworm, thin and long, very disgusting.
"Witch Clan!" Han Busu frowned, quickly took out the bamboo jar from his small bag, and put the Gu worms in it, "Witch Clan Corpse Worms."
"The Witch Clan?" Qianmian stepped forward quickly, "Is it the Witch Clan's fault?"
Han Busu sighed softly, "I've been in the Gu Mother Villa these years, and I've tried all kinds of Gu. The worst thing is the Wu Clan's Gu. They even use themselves to refine Gu. I'm just asking you, are you afraid?"
"Han Tianming, is it from the Wu clan?" Shen Muxi hesitated.
"Yes!" Qian Mian nodded, "But isn't the Wu Clan wiped out? There are only two brothers and sisters left. That's what Han Er Er said back then."
"You believe what he says, and what Lu Rujing says, you also believe! If you are told to die, how dare you breathe?" Han Busu gritted his teeth, "You are so stupid!"
Qianmian shut up, it's fine, everything he said was wrong...
"Ale, do the Wu people know?" Bo Yunxiu asked.
Ale nodded, "The witch doctors in the capital are descendants of the Wu clan. The Wu clan did suffer a catastrophe, but they did not die. It's just that the treasures of the Wu clan were lost. I heard that someone betrayed the Wu clan, causing The civil strife of the Wu clan even killed the guardian of the Wu clan, and then the Wu clan fell into a slump, and the orthodox bloodlines became less and less!"
"Zhao Lianyi caught Zhi'er back then, but didn't kill him, do you know why?" Bo Yunxiu asked.
Shen Muxi breathed slightly, "Because Zhi'er..."
"He has pure blood of the Wu clan." Bo Yunxiu sneered twice, "So he is better than you, he can resist these highly poisonous erosion by himself, no need for Phoenix Gu."
Ale continued, "Now there is only one witch doctor left in the witch clan. Although many apprentices have been recruited, it is still difficult to reach the level of witch doctor's healing. So the king and all the adults are looking for The descendants of the Wu Clan, even those who defected from the Wu Clan, only want to continue the blood of the Wu Clan!"
"It's better not to look for this kind of defector who kills people and doesn't pay for his life. You will have to change the dynasty in the future, what a trouble!" Han Busu sighed softly, "Look around, if there are any other clues, don't turn around and give them a clue." If you leave a few eggs, it's really over!"
This cave is really strange, it's quite spacious on the outside, but as you go inside, it gets narrower and narrower, and in the end there is only...
"Bird's Nest?" Qian Mian frowned.
"A veritable bird's nest." Mi Li sighed softly.
There are a lot of bird eggs!
These things must not be left behind, otherwise there will be a big mess.
"How about eating it?" Han Busu grinned.
Qian Mian gave her a sideways look, but this time he behaved well and didn't speak again.
"What are you looking at, don't tell me, you want to eat too!" Han Busu rolled his eyes.
"This is..." Shen Muxi accidentally picked up something behind the bird's nest, "Master, isn't this the Gu refining furnace you gave me? Why is there one here?"
Han Busu was one step faster than Qianmian, and immediately snatched the small stove from Shen Muxi's hand, and looked at the front coldly, "Han Tianming left this thing to you too?"
Qianmian pursed her lips, "I haven't used it anyway, I... don't know!"
"The patriarch of the Temptation Clan, go to give birth to Minghua, do you know the consequences?" Han Busu gritted his teeth, "If it is stolen by someone with a heart, and the Minghua is used to enter the Gu, then the Gu will have to be lawless?"
Qianmian was startled, "I don't know, I don't know anything!"
"I'll settle the score with you later!" Han Busu gritted his teeth, "Xi girl, I can't keep this thing, I have to smash it."
"Senior Han, why?" Shen Muxi was puzzled, "Even if this thing can give birth to Minghua, but Minghua can save people, it's a good thing."
"What a fart!" Han Busu said coldly, "If it is something that saves people and can be used to harm the world, then no matter how precious it is, it is not rare. Do you know why the patriarch who knows the guardian has an eye of rebirth? Flowers can live and die, if you don’t use them well, you will have big troubles! The soul-returning Gu can live forever, so it’s not because of the effect of the dark flower.”
Shen Muxi stared blankly at Qianmian, "Master..."
"Don't look at this idiot, he's just an old thief who stole the skins of my clan protection skills! If you know some skins, you can come to the door to make an axe. Such shameless people can be recorded in the annals of history, and they will be stigmatized for thousands of years!" Han Busu As if tired, "The Wu Clan has one of these things, and the Guardian Clan also has one."
"Destroy it!" Bo Yunxiu said, "It's time to stop here!"
Shen Muxi nodded.
"This place should be the place where the witch clan rebelled. It was used to hide at the beginning. Later, it refined Gu to survive and planted Gu on these birds." Han Busu looked around, "People left, but left the disaster behind, really No!"
This is indeed like a medicine house.
When Han Busu said this, Qianmian took a breath of air, "Don't tell me, it looks familiar! It looks like the medicine house of Han's second son, but this place is simple and inferior."
"But what are they fussing about here?" Mi Li was puzzled, "In the cave, playing with a flock of birds?"
Han Busu took two more steps inside, "This seems to be a stone gate."
Mi Li and Yue Gui stepped forward immediately, the stone door was very heavy, both of them couldn't push it open with their combined efforts, finally they added Bo Yunxiu and Qian Mian, and finally pushed it open with difficulty.
In an instant, everyone froze on the spot.
In Han Busu's hand, the Huozhezi flickered on and off, "I, am I a little bit dazzled by the poisonous poison? What did you see?"
Qian Mian swallowed sharply, "Well... I just want to ask, is Han Tianming really that good-looking? How about comparing him to him?"
"So, is this Han Tianming?" Yue Gui asked anxiously.
Han Busu and Qianmian nodded in unison.
Shen Muxi had never seen his biological father since he was born, so naturally he didn't know him, even if he had seen a portrait, it was only somewhat similar, how could it be compared to now. A clay sculpture, lifelike.
"Even the height is about the same." Han Busu couldn't help feeling, and walked around the clay sculpture, "It's almost like a living person."
Qianmian came back to his senses, stepped forward to touch the clay sculpture, and almost cried out, "What is this?"
"It seems to be hot." Han Busu touched it, "Look at your own palm."
Qianmian was stunned, "It's gone black!"
"Well, you can die!" Han Busu nodded.
"Master?" Shen Muxi rushed forward and took out the detoxification pill that he carried with him, "Take it first!"
"This thing..." Han Busu frowned, "What is it for?"
Qianmian's lips turned black, "Put it here, and it's still so secretive. It may have some great significance to be guarded by birds."
"Nonsense!" Han Busu thought for a while, unable to figure out what was going on, this clay sculpture is warm, just like human body temperature, either there is something in it, or...
The chassis position under the soles of the feet seems to be stepping on something.
"What is this?" Bo Yunxiu asked.
Han Busu squatted down immediately, "It seems to be..."
With great effort, Han Busu pulled out something strange from under the clay sculpture's foot plate, like a cane, as long as a hand. On the top is a weird symbol, and underneath is a pole, but this pole can generate heat when held in the hand, and the reason why the clay sculpture stays warm should be because of this reason.
"What is this?" Qianmian asked.
Han Busu sneered coldly, "If you are stupid, you need to read more. I don't know this, walking stick!"
Qianmian spit out a mouthful of black blood with a "wow", and finally forced out the poison in his body, and almost died of anger from Han Busu.
"It's cold!" Han Busu touched the clay sculpture, "It's so strange, what is this place?"
"I don't know!" Al shook his head again and again, "I've never been here before."
"If you've been here, it's okay?" Han Busu snorted lightly, "There are so many starving birds waiting outside, and every single one of them will tear you apart. However, you should be very clear about the things in Ying Kingdom. Do you know why these are?"
Al thought for a while, "I don't know much about the witch clan, but Mrs. Mu La should know a little bit. She has studied witch medicine for a while before. If you go back and ask her, you may gain something."
"That's the only way." Shen Muxi nodded.
But the next moment, the clay sculpture suddenly collapsed and turned into powder in an instant. What happened in the blink of an eye really shocked people. When they recovered, many ants suddenly crawled out of the foot plate.
It was too late and then soon, Bao Yunxiu picked up Shen Muxi and rushed out of the cave. Everyone came out in a hurry, closing the stone door again with all their strength, and then left quickly.
The moment it landed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Go back!" Bao Yunxiu protected Shen Muxi and went out. This place is too weird and the things inside are too vicious, it's better to leave early.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I reached the mountain pass, I only heard a loud bang inside.
"Go, go!" Qian Mian yelled twice, and Bo Yunxiu had already picked up Shen Muxi and flew out early.
All right…
Henceforth, Shen Muxi snuggled into Bo Yunxiu's arms in shock, watching a group of disgraced people rushing out of the dust and smoke, all of them in a state of embarrassment that cannot be described in words.
"It's a good thing I didn't touch you!" Bao Yunxiu sighed, holding her in his arms to protect her.
Qian Mian viciously brushed off the dust on his shoulders, gritted his teeth and scolded in a low voice, "Just the two of you are in love, you are in love, you don't care about life or death at all, the father takes care of the mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law takes care of the father-in-law, it really is a match made in heaven! Hug! Hug hard! Let me know when you can’t hug me, and I’ll help you laugh for free!”
"That's why you can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour!" Han Busu rolled his eyes, shook off the dust all over his body, and walked forward slowly, "What about people, that's how it is. The most ordinary true love in the world... In short, it is envy, jealousy and hatred!"
Old bachelor?
Qian Mian gritted his teeth, holding a puff of breath in his throat, unable to swallow it for a long time.
Back in Heishui City, everyone was still behind closed doors, and no one dared to probe.
Because there was something to discuss, Al didn't disturb the people on the street for the time being, but led Mrs. Mu La to the side, gave a few orders, and then turned around and nodded to everyone.
There was no one in the hall, and the woman sat in the hall and looked at the staff on the table, "This is something belonging to the patriarch of the Wu clan. I heard that this thing can communicate with the sky, but it disappeared a long, long time ago. At that time, the witch There are traitors out of the Wu Clan, someone wants to use these things to usurp the throne, and after being discovered, he kills the Wu Clan's guardian, takes the Wu Clan's treasures, the Gu furnace and the magic staff, and escapes!"
The Gu furnace has been smashed, and the cave has collapsed, and the things should be buried underneath, and it is impossible to reappear.
"This thing represents the patriarch of the Wu Clan?" Shen Muxi asked.
Just like the phoenix Gu, possessing the supreme status symbol
"Yes!" The woman lightly stroked the magic staff on the table, "In the past, the ghost howling mountain outside Heishui City, the witches would not enter the city after passing through here, they only stayed there temporarily. We respect the witches very much. , The whole Ying Kingdom respects the people of the witch clan. I only saw this thing in the picture scroll of the witch doctor, and the witch doctor said that this thing has been lost, and it is impossible to find it again."
Al sighed softly, "I didn't expect it to be right under our noses. We will leave tomorrow, and we will be able to send it back when we pass through the capital."
"No!" Han Busu snorted coldly, "Why should we send back the things we found? Even if we want to send them back, we have to finish everything and wait until we are alive. If we just send them back like this, what will people think?" ? There are too many people who have no conscience and black hearts, and they will bite back and say that we stole it, who can explain clearly?"
Qian Mian didn't dare to intervene, the "heartless" and "black-hearted" were talking about him.
"That makes sense!" Yue Gui agreed.
Mi Li also nodded.
Al and Mulla's sister-in-law looked at each other, a little undecided.
In the end, the woman took a step back, "Then let's do this, you put it away and pretend you never took it out, I don't know anything."
"Okay!" Han Busu nodded and took the staff directly.
That's how it was revealed.
Early the next morning, before dawn, the people of Heishui City were already waiting at the gate of the city, and they must thank them for saving their lives. Over the years, because of the strange birds, most of the young men in Heishui City left their homeland and had to go outside to make a living. Only the old, weak, women and children stayed in their homeland, facing the danger of being swallowed every day.
Now, at last, the peace of the past can be restored.
very nice!
Water and food were kept on the camel caravan, and everyone wanted to refuse, but they were too kind. In the end, they accepted a little more or less intentionally, and hurriedly left Heishui City.
This place may be the birthplace of the Wu clan, or it may be a temporary residence outside the birthplace.
The secrets in Ghost Howling Mountain can only be explained clearly by people from the Wu Clan!
The camel team crossed the sandy sea, swaying forward against the scorching sun, and came across the ruins of the old city on the way, only broken walls and ruins. Walking through the Gobi, looking at the endless expanse, it seems to have reached the end of the sky.
Sleep among the cactus at night, so as not to be blown into a fool by the wind and sand, and be buried alive by the sand when you wake up, and someone has to watch.
They continued to travel during the day, and for an unknown number of days, the food and water on the hump at the back became less and less, and everyone was in a daze.
The enthusiasm when I saw the desert for the first time was wiped out by the wind and sand and the scorching sun early.
"The capital is ahead, you just wait outside, I'll go in and get some food and water, and then we'll go straight to Sunset City." Ale ordered, even if it's been a long time in the desert, it won't last long.
After wiping the sweat off his brow, Al placed him in an inn outside the city, and together with Mi Li led the camel into the city.
Sitting in the lobby eating and drinking water, I overheard someone talking about things in the palace.
It is said that the foreign envoy was treated favorably in the imperial palace of Ying Kingdom, and the princess wanted to get this envoy; I also heard that this envoy was surnamed Li, who was handsome, looked weak, but was actually quite talented, and was most valued by the emperor of the neighboring country of courtiers.
"It should be Li Changxuan, right?" Shen Muxi whispered in a low voice.
Bao Yunxiu put the beef into her bowl, "He can handle that savage princess!"
"But he's a scholar!" Shen Muxi frowned.
Bo Yunxiu looked at her meaningfully, "I don't know, why use softness to overcome strength? Scholar has the advantage of being a scholar. Li Changxuan's soft knife will definitely make the princess docile."
The moment the sound fell, a few people suddenly came in from outside, their eyes wandered around the hall for a while, and they fixed their eyes on Bo Yunxiu's table.