The moment they swarmed at him, he thought he was going to die. 『』

But to his surprise, they didn't hurt him. They just bit at his coat and pulled him out of the mire in unison.

When his feet touched the ground, they flew away without hesitation.

"There's a horse ahead." The youkai continued to lead the way, "I don't know if they're done eating, or we'll have to find another one." ”

Mu Ziqi didn't care about figuring out the strangeness of the monster's words, and now he could only concentrate on the road under his feet, lest he fall into the quagmire again.

This mudflat was like a wild place full of traps, and he was terrified at every step.

When he finally reached his destination, he breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked up, he was frightened by what he saw.

Monsters, countless monsters, all he saw were strange babies with huge heads and round eyes. They flew or crawled together, covering the gray and black mudflats in the slightest.

The monster happily flew forward, and then showed the countless brothers and sisters behind him to Mu Ziqi: "Oh, the horse is here, you go and get the tail hair you want."

Mu Ziqi swallowed hard, he couldn't see the horse, except for the monsters all over the ground, he couldn't see anything.

When the monster saw that he didn't move, he had to do it himself. It rushed into the larvae pile and shoved it for a while, finally turning over the uneaten carcass.

Mu Ziqi covered his mouth tightly, almost vomiting out of the bloody horse corpse.

"Come on," the youkai urged, "they're going to continue eating, so you can pluck your tail hair."

Mu Ziqi trembled and stepped forward, and when he touched the gnawed white bones, he couldn't help retching twice after all.

Hungry larvae crowded around the sidelines, wanting to come up and eat horse meat. Mu Ziqi was terrified, but when he thought of his Yaoqin, he still gritted his teeth and ruthlessly pulled off the messy ponytail on the butt of the horse corpse.

The beach in front of the inn has become the second kitchen of the inn. Master Gao set up a bonfire and threw the eggs they dug up into the fire one by one.

The guests sat in the wet mud without any taboos, drinking wine and eating cooked insect eggs.

Tsing Yi detained Xiuxiu in the room, and only sent Su Xi to help outside. The guys looked down at Ji Li's people with affection, because they ate demons, so they sent the eggs that had been roasted outside from the local materials.

Ji Liguo disdained to eat insects and ants, and even slapped the table and said to Tsing Yi: "We can't eat such unpalatable things." Little lady, if Ah Lang wakes up, please let him know, and we will go out hunting. ”

Tsing Yi knew that he couldn't stop it, so he had to nod his head in agreement.

When the clansmen went out, she turned around and said to Dongqiao, who was guarding beside her: "Looking at the number of locust eggs dug up by Master Gao, you can see that there must be a lot buried outside. In your opinion, it will be dangerous for them to go out this time."

"The little lady is too worried." Dongqiao bowed his head and said respectfully, "Although we in Ji Li Country do not eat insects and ants, it does not mean that we are taboo against them. If they happen to meet them on the road, I'm sure they can get out of the way. ”

Tsing Yi felt a lot more relieved, and after confirming that Wen Yu's body was okay again, he went back to the room.

Hei Saburo was lying on the bed, the eggs were rolling under his hands, and Tsing Yi's heart twitched. She hurried forward and pushed the egg back into Kurosaburo's arms, then glared at Kurosaburo in disgust.

Kurosaburo wrinkled his nose and explained, "It's the child who wants to move."

"It's just an egg" Tsing Yi was a little unconvinced, and only blamed Hei Saburo, "You're not afraid of falling into it"

Kurosaburo was very aggrieved, but when he felt the egg in his arms swaying happily, the idea of grievance disappeared immediately.

Tsing Yi couldn't help but laugh when he saw him smiling at the egg in his arms.

"Master Gao, are they still digging" After laughing, Hei Saburo asked lazily again, "It seems that they can't just dig it." ”

Tsing Yi nodded hurriedly, and sighed: "There are a lot of dug up, they are all piled up and burned, it looks weird." ”

"It's a nuisance, too." Hei Saburo said as he got up and dressed, "It's better for me to do it myself." ”

"What are you going to do" Tsing Yi didn't worry about him, especially when he still had their child in his arms. So she grabbed his sleeve and asked worriedly, "Take me with you, maybe I can help."

Hei Saburo wanted to say that she couldn't help, but as soon as he met her eyes, he couldn't help but change his words: "It's okay." ”

The tidal flat is no better than the dry land, if it is an ordinary grass plant, only a fire burns for half an hour, and the eggs buried in the ground will naturally be ripe.

On the one hand, Hei Saburo said to Tsing Yi that the locusts were quite scheming, and deliberately did the opposite, picking such a moist and barren place to give birth, and on the other hand, he secretly suspected that the insect eggs had spread beyond the Santu River.

There are a few thin willows growing here and there in the mud along the way, and there are dense deep circular holes between the loose mosses. Hei Saburo broke a willow branch, chose a round hole at random and poked it, and finally showed a look of disgust.

As soon as Tsing Yi saw him like this, he knew that there must be an insect egg buried underneath.

"I don't want to dry this place, but if I don't do it, I'm afraid I won't be able to get rid of it." After confirming, Hei Saburo threw away the willow branch, hugged Tsing Yi's waist and continued to move forward.

After Tsing Yi followed him for a long time, he arrived at the Santu River unconsciously.

When the busy river woman and the ferryman saw them, they stopped their boats and saluted them. After the ceremony, Mrs. He said earnestly: "My lord, I have something to report to my wife." ”

"About the Flying Locust Plague," Kurosaburo said with an uncertain frown, "you see them."

"It's the cause." He Po first nodded, then shook her head and said, "What I want to repay is the fruit." The locusts had never come to this vicinity, but yesterday a few terrible ghosts came to complain to the old woman that the beach was full of dead baby-like little monsters, and a few pot-bellied women were looking for a place to give birth day and night, so that they had nowhere to hide. They would rather sink to the bottom of the Santu River than continue to float on this beach. Based on the old woman's guess, this is the locust plague of thousands of years ago. But adults should already know. ”

"I know." Hei Saburo bowed his head, and then said with a contemplation, "It just so happens that I have something for you to do." ”

He Po hurriedly bent down and said, "Although the lord commands, the old woman will do it." ”

"When the news comes out, it says that I want to steam this place with the fire of the earth." Hei Saburo's words were shocking, and he was frightened that Hepo's face changed greatly.

Although Tsing Yi was not so surprised, he also asked worriedly: "As soon as the fire in the center of the earth comes out, all the grass and plants in this place will die." Besides, the monsters still have a way to protect themselves, but how can those unenlightened birds and beasts kill 300 enemies and lose 1,000 themselves, it seems that it is a bit too much. ”

"Yes, sir." He Po also hurriedly persuaded, "Although it is a tidal flat, it is also a place for the creatures of this side to live." If it is burned like this today, it will be difficult to have fish and beasts in the next hundred years. Why don't you think of a compromise solution that is to mobilize all the monsters to dig the ground, which is better than destroying this place. ”

"You don't have to rush." Hei Saburo replied calmly, "This method is the next choice, if I really want to burn the ground, when I find the first insect egg, I will already set it on fire." I just want you to spread the news, and the locusts are most afraid of fire, and when they hear such bad news, they will surely gather their children and flee. At that time, we will defend the four directions of east, west, south and north, and we can catch them all. ”

Such a scheming Hei Saburo looks quite charming, which makes Tsing Yi's eyes brighten. She looked directly at Kurosaburo's side face, and when Kurosaburo looked back and smiled consciously, her face turned red.

Looking at Tsing Yi, who hung his head shyly, Hei Saburo was secretly proud, and even straightened his back.

Hepo's cloudy eyes also lit up a little, and she nodded again and again: "My lord's clever plan, the old woman will not disgrace her life, and please wait for the good news." ”

As soon as this matter was over, Hei Saburo didn't stay longer, and immediately returned to the inn with Tsing Yi.

Halfway through, Tsing Yi reacted suddenly, only to feel that the road was too peaceful.

As soon as she realized that something was wrong, she grabbed Kurosaburo and asked, "Why do I think you have scruples?"

Hei Saburo saw that Tsing Yi asked directly, so he couldn't pretend anymore, so he had to smile and said: "The larvae of flying locusts are not much different from the eggs, at most they have a pair of wings, and at first glance a few are fine, but if a group suddenly appears, I'm afraid it will frighten you." ”

Tsing Yi's heartstrings moved slightly, quite moved, and when he was about to say that he had nothing to do with it, he heard Hei Saburo continue to laugh and said: "If you have a nightmare at night, I am not on the side"

"Even so, you should just say you don't want me to come with you." Tsing Yi interrupted in annoyance, "If it's because of my mistake, I won't be able to sleep well." ”

Hei Saburo laughed twice, and as soon as his arm tightened, he clasped Tsing Yi in his arms, and finally leaned close to her ear and whispered: "Those broken insects have nothing to look at, I have seen enough thousands of years ago." I just want to go out for a walk with you. ”

"What is there to go in such a place," Tsing Yi turned his head and said angrily, "It's better to stay in the room together."

When Hei Saburo heard this, he suddenly thought about it. At this moment, he didn't want to continue to stay in this muddy field, so he immediately hugged Tsing Yi tightly, and without reminding him, he just kicked his feet and flew towards the direction of the inn