After the two had breakfast together, Wen Liunian went back to the government office. After a while, Lu chased after him, holding a small white porcelain cup in his hand.
"Is it medicine again?" Zhao Yue asked.
"No." Lu Zhui put the small porcelain cup on the table, "I asked Guardian Zuo for some refreshing medicine, and cooked a dessert."
Zhao Yue was puzzled, "Cooling medicine?"
Lu Zhuiyi pointed out, "In order to prevent the head of the family from being restless in the middle of the night and tossing and turning alone."
Zhao Yue: ...
Lu Zhui continued, "So it's better to clean up."
Zhao Yue had a splitting headache, first nourishing and then purging fire, and if things went on like this, he always felt that sooner or later he was going to go crazy...
After watching him finish the cool soup, Lu Zhui said, "Master, have you ever thought about why your lord would send a bowl of bullwhip soup?"
Zhao Yue said, "Because it is nourishing."
Lu Zhui said, "There are many nourishing things."
Zhao Yue was silent for a while, "It is said that when the cook was buying beef, the boss gave a bullwhip along the way, and he must not throw it away." After all, bookworms are so clean and honest, and they don't have much money.
Lu Zhui continued, "This thing is one for each cow, and the price is not cheap." After all, there are still many men who need it.
Zhao Yue frowned.
Lu Zhui said, "So the adults probably did it on purpose."
Zhao Yue suddenly became a little manic, "Why did you give me this on purpose?!"
Lu Zhui said, "For nourishment."
Zhao Yue: ...
This sentence sounds familiar.
Lu Zhui said, "Don't let your lord think that you can't be the master."
Zhao Yue's eyes widened, can't he
Lu Zhui had a deep expression on his face, and he left the bedroom with a small soup cup, leaving Zhao Yue to run wildly back and forth alone, wanting to overturn the table.
Think you can't do it? !
Thinking of that smiling face, Zhao Yue not only felt itchy in his heart this time, even his teeth began to itch, and he even wanted to pull the man over by his ears to prove to him how good he was.
This nerd is so irritating!
In the government office next door, Wen Liunian was eating a small twist while looking through the people's livelihood and political achievements in newspapers from various places.
The red-armored wolf was lying on one side of the inkstone, running around and playing. Because it was rubbed with ointment and incense by Huatang, it is bright and fragrant, which is really beautiful.
Seeing a problematic place, Wen Liunian frowned slightly, and picked up a brush to circle it, but he didn't pay attention, and poked the red-armored wolf into the ink cartridge.
"Ah." Wen Liunian was taken aback, and regardless of his fear, he quickly pinched it out.
The red-armored wolf was still in shock, the whole insect was black.
Poke it in!
Wen Liunian hurriedly poured a teacup of water, and rinsed it carefully.
The ink on the head was quickly washed off, but there were a few black spots left on the shiny carapace, like a... big ladybug.
Wen Liunian gasped, it's over, is it dyed? !
The red-armored wolf was drenched in water and a little depressed, so he climbed down from the table to find Huatang.
"Come back!" Wen Liunian pressed it down.
The red-armored wolf twisted and struggled.
Wen Liunian rubbed its carapace again with his fingers.
Still a ladybug!
This... Mr. Wen calmed down for a moment, picked up the red armored wolf and ran to Huatang's residence.
"Is it better?" Zhao Wu patted her on the back, his brows could not hide his worry.
"Yeah." Huatang took a sip of water, "It's okay, maybe it's because I haven't had a good rest recently."
"Guardian Zuo." Wen Liunian rushed in without even knocking on the door, showing that he was really anxious.
"What happened?" Huatang stood up, "Is the head of the family feeling uncomfortable?"
"It's not him, it's the red armored wolf." Wen Liunian put the small wooden box on the table, "Is there any way to clean it?"
"Wash it clean?" Huatang opened the lid and took a look, then was shocked, "How could this be?"
The red-armored wolf crawled out of the box, completely unaware that he had turned into a flower bug, and was still shaking his whiskers happily.
Wen Liunian recounted what happened just now.
"It shouldn't be, how could it be dyed after it fell into the ink?" Hua Tang pinched the red armored wolf and looked carefully, thinking... it was really dyed in.
Zhao Wu frowned, "It seems that the spots are moving."
Wen Liunian and Huatang got closer again, and saw that those black... or dark ink stains seemed to be moving slightly.
Huatang put the red armored wolf on the table, turned around and took out the green-headed Gu King from the room, and placed it next to it. Gu King was in a drowsy sleep before, but after a while, he began to crawl, squatting next to the red armored wolf and making a buzzing sound.
Then I saw those black spots swimming again, but this time at a faster speed, and gradually separated from the red armored wolf's body, turning into thin threads like spider silk, swimming towards the Gu King.
The red-armored wolf didn't feel any discomfort at all, and was still lying on his stomach in a daze.
The green-headed Gu King ate up those spider-like things, but instead of going back into the box as usual, he crawled towards Wen Liunian.
Wen Liunian took three steps back calmly.
If the red-armored wolf can barely connect with rubies and crabs, then this chubby caterpillar is really a bug, and there is no room for association at all.
Huatang's expression changed, "My lord also touched the ink?"
"Naturally." Wen Liunian nodded, "I squeezed it out."
Hua Tang asked, "Which hand?"
Wen Liunian raised his right hand.
"There should be Gu worms in the ink, I've offended you." Huatang used her hand as a knife, and slashed Wen Liunian unconscious.
Shang Yunze and Mu Qingshan came in from outside the courtyard, and they were startled when they saw this, "What happened?"
Zhao Wu roughly explained the matter.
"There is such a thing?" Mu Qingshan worried, "Then will you be all right?"
"It'll be fine once it's dealt with." Huatang asked Wen Liunian to sit on the armchair, and took out a knife from the medicine box.
Mu Qingshan's face turned pale, "Could it be that you want to chop your hands?"
Shang Yunze patted his head.
Mu Qingshan wisely shut up, and continued to look at Wen Liunian worriedly.
Huatang cut a cut on his middle finger, squeezed out some blood, and then put the Gu King on it.
Mu Qingshan felt numbness in his back when he saw it - no wonder he had to knock the adult unconscious, otherwise he would be shadowed for the rest of his life by such a huge fat bug lying on his finger and sucking blood.
After about half a cup of tea, the green-headed Gu King started buzzing again, and not long after, three or four spider silkworms came out of the wound and were swallowed up.
"It's gone?" Mu Qingshan asked.
"It should be gone, otherwise Gu King won't calm down." Huatang said, "Even if there are some leftovers, they are still immature larvae. Let the kitchen make more spicy things these days Just eat a few meals and you'll be fine."
"What the hell is it?" Shang Yunze frowned, "I feel frightened when I look at it."
"It's called Silk Gu." Huatang said, "When it meets a host, it will quickly penetrate into the body, and it will grow up in three to five months."
"Used to turn people into puppets?" Shang Yunze guessed.
Huatang shook her head, "I will die immediately."
"Have you ever touched those inks?" Shang Yunze asked Mu Qingshan.
"No." Mu Qingshan shook his head, "I've been dealing with other things these days, and I haven't been to the study."
"Go and find out the source of those inks." Huatang said, "Also, use red vine grass and mugwort leaves to boil water, and fumigate every place in this mansion. Don't leave any dead corners. I remind everyone to pay attention."
"Okay." Zhao Wu nodded, turned around and went out to order.
"Castle Master take the adults back to the room to rest." Hua Tang said, "I'll tell the Second Master Lu about this, so that he and the First Master can make preparations."
"A Gu worm as thick as a spider's silk?" After hearing about this, Lu Zhui frowned and said, "Thanks to the other party for being able to figure it out, he can do things in ink."
"It was my negligence." Hua Tang said, "Ordinary Gu insects are afraid of red armored wolves, and will flee immediately when they sense it. Only ink has a strong smell, which can cover up the breath of red armored wolves, and is gentle in nature, which can make Gu The worms live in it." Otherwise, if it is replaced with a pot of chili oil, hundreds of them may die.
"Guardian Zuo." The dark guard knocked on the door and said, "Xiao Wu has found out the source of the ink, it was sent by the Li family's rice paper shop in the city, logically there should be no problem, and now I am taking people to investigate."
"When was it delivered?" Huatang asked.
"Just yesterday, my lord ran out of ink, so I sent someone to buy some." Anwei said.
"I bought it yesterday, so it's impossible for someone from Mu's Village to tamper with it." Huatang was thoughtful, "Tiger Head Gang?"
Lu Zhui nodded, "There are only them."
Hua Tang said, "It seems that the accident in Mujiazhuang has a great impact on them. I probably know that adults are difficult to deal with, so I want to act first."
"How is your lord doing now?" Lu asked.
"Still sleeping, she should wake up soon." Huatang said.
"Do you want to tell the boss?" Lu Zhui asked again.
Hua Tang nodded, "Let's just say it, so that the head of the family can be confident."
"I really want to thank the red-armored wolf this time." Lu Zhui said, "Otherwise, I don't know what troubles will happen."
In the small snow-white porcelain plate, the red-armored wolf whose carapace has been restored to a beautiful little jewel is lazily taking a nap, the little tentacles flickering, very comfortable.
Huatang said, "It's not in vain that my lord took the courage to take care of it earlier."
When I was in Misty Cloud City, I never imagined that Mr. Wen, who was afraid of cockroaches and moths, could get along so friendly with a poisonous insect.
It is also not easy.
Although Huatang was cautious when attacking, Wen Liunian was a scholar after all, and it was the first time in his life that someone knocked him unconscious, so he dutifully fell into a coma for nearly three hours before waking up.
"How is it?" Zhao Yue was sitting beside his bed.
Wen Liunian stared at him for a long time before realizing where he was, frowned and whispered, "What happened?"
"Someone put a Gu in your ink." Zhao Yue didn't hide it from him.
"How are you doing now?" Wen Liunian tried to sit up, but he didn't notice that he was pressing on the injured wound, so his whole body shivered.
"It's all right now, but you still need to rest more." Zhao Yue helped him up, "Lu Zhui is assisting Guardian Zuo and the others to investigate in the government office. You should stay here for a while now."
Wen Liunian leaned in his arms, looking a little listless.
In fact, Zhao Yue originally wanted him to lean on the cushion, but it is obviously better now.
"I was also bitten by a Gu insect?" Wen Liunian looked at the wound on his finger.
"Yes, but Zuo Hufa has cleaned up the Gu insects for you." Zhao Yue said, "Just eat a few more spicy things, and you will be completely fine."
"How did you clean it up?" Wen Liunian asked, "And why did you knock me out?"
Zhao Yue said, "It doesn't hurt if you get dizzy." It's better not to talk about the Qingtou Gu King.
"I'll go to the government office to have a look." Wen Liunian was worried after all, and was about to get out of bed after throwing off the quilt.
"What are you going to do?" Zhao Yue pulled him back.
"Someone wants to make trouble, so I naturally want to find out the truth." Wen Liunian said.
"Some people will check for you." Zhao Yue said, "Lie down well."
Wen Liunian said, "But—"
"Lie down!" Zhao Yue interrupted him, a little fiercely.
Wen Liunian shivered.
Zhao Yue had no choice but to slow down his tone again, "Everyone is very worried about you, it's important to take good care of your body."
"Are the rest all right?" Wen Liunian asked.
"The target of Hutougang is you, not the others." Zhao Yue said, "But Guardian Zuo will still check everything for everyone, so don't worry."
"Are you sure it's Hutougang, not Mujiazhuang?" Wen Liunian asked.
"Sure." Zhao Yue said, "The ink was delivered just two days ago, unless Mu Wanlei came back from the dead."
"Sure enough, I still can't sit still." Wen Liunian said, "I was still wondering why the Mu Family Village died before the battle, so why didn't they move at all."
"Be more careful in the future." Zhao Yue said, "I will also protect you well."
Wen Liunian glanced at him, "Okay."
"Do you want to eat?" Zhao Yue helped him straighten his hair. "There is still some blood, so I need to mend it."
"Where's the red-armored wolf?" Wen Liunian asked.
Zhao Yue was a little surprised, would there be a day when he would take the initiative to look for it
Wen Liunian said, "I should thank it." Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have found out that he had been struck by a gu.
Zhao Yue said with a smile, "Someone will thank it for you."
"Huh?" Wen Liunian was slightly puzzled.
Inside the government office, the red-armored wolf was happily circling around on the stone table, not knowing what to eat first!
The dark guard's eyes are blazing around it, it really is a bug raised by an adult, it can shine, it can be a matchmaker, and it can make such a great contribution, it is worth eating all the poisonous bugs in the vast city, even the cloud city has no question!
"How's it going?" Hua Tang asked Xiao Wu.
"The people in Li's shop should be fine. Most likely they were drugged on the way here." Zhao Wudao, "After all, a cart of four treasures of the study is placed on the street, and everyone knows that it is going to be sent to the government office. The top is the inkstone. The balm to be added during the ink can easily put the Gu worms in."
"I'm afraid we have to be more careful in the future," Huatang said.
"This is not a long-term strategy." Zhao Wudao, "The most important thing is to find a way to solve the Tiger Head Gang as soon as possible."
"Let's talk about this matter after your lord recovers." Hua Tang said, "It's been a busy day too, so go back and rest early."
Zhao Wu nodded, and led the two of them to the bedroom together. Before entering the door, Huatang's face turned pale, and she crouched under the tree and retched for a long time.
"What's wrong today, it didn't look right this morning." Zhao Wu shook her hand to test her pulse.
"I really don't know?" Huatang glanced at him, her cheeks were a little red.
…
Zhao Wu reacted suddenly, and said with joy in his heart, "Again?"
Huatang nodded, "More than a month."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier." Zhao Wu almost went crazy with joy.
"I wasn't sure before." Huatang said, "I'm afraid your happiness will be in vain."
"Starting tomorrow, you are not allowed to do anything." Zhao Wuda hugged her into the room, "Take a good rest, I will let the kitchen cook some soup for you."
"You are not allowed to do anything?" Huatang said, "There is still a bad luck in Cangwu Mountain."
"Just leave it to me." Zhao Wudao, "You are only responsible for giving birth to daughters."
"What if it's a son." Huatang raised an eyebrow.
"We already have two sons, so we will have a girl this time?" Zhao Wu squatted in front of the bed and looked at her belly, "Putting your pigtails together is so painful."
Huatang was amused, and stretched out her hand to pinch his ear.
In order not to let the people of the Tiger Head Gang hear the news, the two didn't intend to talk about it, but it's always okay to tell their own family members, so the next night, a large pot of steaming hot pot was cooked in the government office , one is spicy enough, and the other is prosperous enough!
"That's great." After eating, Wen Liunian sat on the side of the bed and sighed, in such a mess, there was finally something that could make people relax.
"Go to bed early." Zhao Yue put the pillow for him.
"Do you want to chat for a while?" Wen Liunian asked.
Zhao Yue said, "Naturally."
"The matter of suppressing bandits, I want to advance as soon as possible." Wen Liunian said, "so that Zuo Hufa and Xiao Wu can go back earlier."
"Okay." Zhao Yue nodded.
"Okay?" Wen Liunian was a little surprised, why was he so forthright.
"They want to do something to you, so they should die." Zhao Yue said.
Wen Liunian said, "Then what does the head of the family think?"
Zhao Yue said, "Yes."
"Really?" Wen Liunian was overjoyed, "Tell me about it."
"When Xiaowu followed Mu Wanlei that day, he had a conversation with the leader of the Tiger Head Gang." Zhao Yue said, "There is also the so-called 'Qingqiu' about my life experience."
"I know." Wen Liunian nodded.
"Although I don't know what the secret is, but one thing is certain." Zhao Yue said, "My life experience seems to be very useful to him."
"So?" Wen Liunian asked.
"I'll go to Chao Muya to lure him out," Zhao Yue said.
"No." Wen Liunian frowned, "It's too dangerous." He was huge, walked stiffly, and covered his face with a cloak. No matter how he heard it, it didn't sound normal. After all, no one knew how good his kung fu was. , What to do if you are really at a disadvantage.
"But this is the fastest way." Zhao Yue said, "Otherwise, we have to attack with artillery, which will cause more casualties."
Wen Liunian was silent.
"Save this matter for tomorrow." Zhao Yue patted him on the shoulder, "Sleep well first."
"Sleep together." Wen Liunian said.
Zhao Yue felt that he should have auditory hallucinations, "Huh?"
"I can't sleep." Wen Liunian said, "The two of you can still chat."
Zhao Dadang's family naturally couldn't wish for this.
After the two of them washed up, Zhao Yue said, "I'll get another quilt."
Wen Liunian said, "Oh."
Walking to the door, Zhao Yue began to feel stupid again, so he turned back calmly, "It's so late, everyone should be asleep."
Wen Liunian lifted the quilt by a small corner.
Zhao Yue lay down, slightly... stiff.
It smells good on the nerd, and it also smells good in the bed, refreshing and refreshing, with a touch of warmth.
The two lay side by side and looked at the top of the bed, it was eerie and quiet, as if there were infinite scenery there.
After a while, Zhao Yue said, "Shall I put out the candle?"
Wen Liunian said, "Okay."
Zhao Yue wiped out the candles with a wave.
Wen Liunian said, "Is this trick called fighting cattle across mountains?"
Zhao Yue said, "It's just palming the wind."
Wen Liunian said, "Very powerful."
Zhao Yue said, "Thank you."
The house fell into silence again.
After a while, Wen Liunian's breathing began to grow gradually, but Zhao Yue was tossing and turning, because the bullwhip soup that night seemed to have some belated effect.
Master Zhao sighed in his heart, how to spend the long night.
The distance between the two is very close, so close that they seem to be able to feel the temperature of the person beside them. Zhao Yue closed his eyes, feeling that the fire in his heart was getting hotter and hotter, so he simply didn't sleep, sat up on his back, and looked at him sideways by the moonlight, but the more he looked at him, the more restless he became, and even his breathing was scorching hot.
I never knew that I would have such an impulsive time.
Wen Liunian opened his eyes and looked at him.
Zhao Yue suddenly froze... What, awake
After staring at him for a while, Wen Liunian closed his eyes again, and laid his whole body into his arms lazily—and continued to sleep.
Zhao Yue didn't dare to move, was he awake or asleep
Wen Liunian obviously had no intention of explaining, and fell asleep faster than anyone else, completely ignoring that the person beside him was about to have something wrong.
Zhao Yue scratched his heart and liver, burning with desire, and wanted to bang his head against the wall.
Such nephrite jade is warm and fragrant in my arms, but I can't touch or eat it, and I don't know whether it is a blessing or a torture.