Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Red Fetal Flower
Several men gathered around the grave gave up their places to them, and while concentrating on the open flames, Yan Gang and Chen Guan, who had the greatest strength, took the lead in throwing away the shovels, and then leaned over to the coffin and lifted the lid in one go. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The faint light seeped into the coffin, as if there was a sparse shadow, Yan Gang and Chen Guan were a little closer, and they were just about to see what was inside, when a sharp voice came from behind them, "There is something wrong with this smell, come up quickly!" ”
He Sheng's tone was not like a joke, Yan Gang and Chen Guan glanced at each other, reacted and hurriedly stepped back. At first glance by her, they were also frightened, "What, what's the problem?" ”
I saw that she had covered half of her face, and the light gray square scarf exuded a faint smell of medicine, and with the movement of her fanning, it pierced into the mouths and noses of others. In the midst of everyone's weirdness, she calmly asked, "Don't you think it stinks?" ”
Xie Xiaoshuai said strangely: "Are you talking about the stinky cloth on your face?" ”
He Sheng glared at him, "Of course not," her finger pointed to observe, "didn't you smell it?" ”
Xie Xiaoshuai pursed his lips, obviously thinking that it was He Sheng's foolishness, and Yan Gang and Chen Guan, who had been closest to observation, were also about to echo when they suddenly felt dizzy.
The companions around him were quick and helped them.
He Sheng raised his eyebrows, "Let's just say that the things in the coffin stink, look, aren't they dizzy from being stimulated?" As he spoke, he took out another bottle of something and introduced: "Come on, come on, everyone who brings a handkerchief will wipe this one, and if you don't bring a handkerchief, you will tear off a piece of the cloth as a handkerchief." ”
She handed it to Yan Gang and Chen Guan first, the smell of the medicine bottle that opened the lid was even stronger, Yan Gang and Chen Guan were still a little flustered, and they returned to their normal state in an instant.
Xie Xiaoshuai's eyebrows moved slightly, "Is there really such a thing?" "What is the so-called stench, obviously he didn't smell anything.
Zhao Heqiao didn't doubt it, she chose to take the bottle, according to what He Sheng said, dipped her handkerchief in medicinal oil, and then covered her face. After being so far away, she could vaguely identify some detoxifying herbal ingredients in the medicinal oil, so she said to Xie Xiaoshuai: "Xiaoshuai, it's better to listen to Hesheng, there is no problem with this medicinal oil." ”
In fact, as early as when He Sheng pointed to the coffin, she got a little closer when everyone was not paying attention, because she used to be soaked in the medicine jar, she was particularly sensitive to the smell, so at that moment she smelled a certain fragrance, although it was only a faint point, but it made people feel a little uncomfortable, especially the head piece, slightly deep, until she smelled He Sheng's bottle of medicinal oil, the slight dizziness was gone.
While her mind was clear, she thought that He Sheng was not so close to the coffin just now, and it was impossible to smell the smell from a distance, so did she know it in advance?
And is this medicated oil also prepared in advance......
Zhao Heqiao decided to define Hesheng as a mysterious person, and she had to look at her people and things related to her with a normal heart, and she was sure that no amount of speculation would be useless.
"Hesheng, this medicinal oil is good." With that, she handed the oil to the others.
"That's, that's what I can have," He Sheng's voice was knotted at the end, not deliberately listening, unable to hear.
Her eyes were fixed on everyone's movements, "Come on, come on, apply them all, this medicated oil can prevent toxic smells." ”
Those few people received the gesture glances from Zhao Heqiao, and their tone was respectful, "Thank you, Childe." ”
This girl made He Sheng funny, yes, her identity as a woman has not been said yet, and the vivid man's movements made many people realize that she was a woman, so she said seriously: "I'm a girl, don't get me wrong, big brothers." ”
After hearing this, those people tacitly looked at Xie Xiaoshuai.
Xie Xiaoshuai frowned, "Look at what I'm leaving." ”
There was a slight teasing look in their eyes. Little handsome, if you are a girl, you will live in the same room with others.
Xie Xiaoshuai snatched the medicated oil, "You big men, apply a medicated oil and still have such ink," he tore off a piece from the hem of his clothes, wiped a few drops at random, wrapped the cloth in front of his mouth and nose, and tied a knot on the back of his head.
He jumped out of the grave first, shining a light on the coffin with a fire core strip, "Huh? ”
A few big men who had already tied up the tarpaulin also stepped forward, "What's wrong?" ”
Xie Xiaoshuai looked at Zhao Heqiao, "Sister Qiao, there are flowers here." ”
"Flowers?" Zhao Heqiao took a few steps forward, "Xiaoshuai, you pick one and show it to me, remember not to use your hands directly." ”
"I know," Xie Xiaoshuai took out the glove strap from his pocket, reached in and picked a relatively long flower, half of the flower stem.
Several people next to him also put on gloves and moved the lid of the coffin a little more.
Several people used their own fire core strips to shine inward, and found that there were only flowers inside, and there was only one kind of flower.
The petals of the flower are round and large, and they can be seen even in the dark light, and the center of the flower has a red round bone, and the branches and leaves of the flower are also red, which is really a very showy and peculiar flower.
Zhao Heqiao handed the flowers picked by Xie Xiaoshuai to He Sheng and looked at them, "He Sheng, do you know what kind of flower this is?" ”
He Sheng's gaze moved from the flower to Zhao Heqiao's face, and the corners of her mouth twitched, "I know, but let's talk about these things when we go back," she looked up, "There are still two hours before dawn." ”
It means to move faster.
Zhao Heqiao wrapped the flowers in a handkerchief, put them in the naan, and said to the people who were still standing in the grave: "If you look at the grave again, what else can you find?" ”
The men nodded, groping around the coffin, and there was nothing unusual, and Xiao Shuai handed them the shovel.
The shovel shoveled into the dirt and cut several holes, and after a while, the sound of squatting was heard, and they quickly cut some dirt along the range, revealing something woody.
Lei Xing, the oldest of the several people, approached and knocked, "It's a coffin." ”
Without saying a word, they quickly shoveled away the excess soil, and finally revealed a coffin, opened it to see, and sure enough, it was also that kind of flower.
They were about to dig up the next coffin, but Zhao Heqiao opened his mouth to stop: "No need. ”
"There's nothing else in the coffin."
That's enough to confirm.
He Sheng pointed in one direction and said, "There's a well over there." ”
Zhao Heqiao nodded and instructed them: "Move every inch of soil in the grave back to its original state, cover it with a stone cover, and then draw some water from that well to wash away the traces of soil, the action must be fast, but not sloppy." ”
"Yes."
Zhao Heqiao and Hesheng walked to the grass in the woods, waiting for them to finish the matter.
After pouring water for the last time, seeing that there were almost no traces of dirt to be seen, he jumped out of the confines of the tombstone room with light effort.
Zhao Heqiao raised her head and saw that the sky was already a little blue, and said, "Let's hurry back to the inn." ”
Xie Xiaoshuai asked, "Do you still live in that inn?" ”
He Sheng tugged at his sleeve.
"Huh?"
"Stupid!" After speaking, he jumped and pulled Zhao Heqiao to the front.
"What......"
Zhao Heqiao heard a voice in front of him: "This night, Cang Zhengqi didn't know that we were here, and we stayed in the original inn as if nothing happened, he must have no clue, and he didn't dare to act rashly." ”
So they're safe for the time being, and they don't have to mess with themselves.
They returned the way they came, and when they arrived at the inn, they heard the sound of five watches.
He Sheng yawned, "Sister Qiao, go back to catch up on sleep, see you later." ”
"You ......" Xiao Shuai was about to say her, when she saw Zhao Heqiao shaking her head.
"We helped a lot this time, let her have a good rest."
"The hands-on things are all done by me and Lei Xing, and she is still joking beside her, where are you tired."
Of course, it's not just that, Zhao Heqiao said in his heart.
When she first went there, she found that He Sheng had been distracted several times. She noticed that she had made a few more detours when she went there than when she came back.
It's all Hesheng leading the way, Xiaoshuai and they won't leave a message.
Only she relies on He Sheng to carry her, so she can have so much mind to observe these.
Those who were following had been successfully dumped, so He Sheng was so relieved to go to sleep.
"Yes," Zhao Heqiao pushed Xiao Shuai, and at the same time turned to Lei Xing and said, "You all go and rest." ”
"Miss Buckwheat, then we'll go and rest." Lei Xing and the others made a hand salute.
Xie Xiaoshuai glanced back, "Sister Qiao, don't just talk about others, so do yourself." ”
Zhao Heqiao returned to the room and retied the handkerchief that still smelled of medicinal oil. After grinding the ink, he drew the strange flower according to it, and then threw it on the ground with the cloth wrapped in the flower, and was relieved to see it burned to ashes.
Xie Xiaoshuai stared at the sleeping Hesheng, feeling inexplicable.
Sure enough, she was back in the room.
The sound of shallow breathing, defenseless.
Troubled in his heart, he wanted to pinch her face, but in the end he still held back, "Forget it, don't care about you, sleep!" He rolled over and jumped onto the bed.
After listening to the reports of the fifteenth and sixteenth, Thirteen frowned and said, "Even you can be dumped, and the other party should not be underestimated." ”
Fifteen and sixteen looked at each other, "So what now?" ”
Thirteen Dao: "Continue to follow, if it is discovered again, there is no way, you can only increase the manpower to pay attention to their movements." Your Majesty, I'll go and say. ”
He said goodbye to fifteen and sixteen and went to Concubine Xiu's bedroom.
Hearing the movement, Cang Zhengqi suddenly got up.
Concubine Xiu opened her eyes and saw that Cang Zhengqi had left the bed, so she immediately dragged her sore body to him and changed his clothes.
The movements were skillful and neat, and she was quickly dressed, and Concubine Xiu was about to tidy up the wrinkles on her clothes, when Cang Zhengqi slapped her hand away, "No need." Then he walked away without looking back.
As he left, he glanced at the palace maids kneeling at the door, "What about the one named Wuqi?" ”
A palace maid remembered the bracelet Wuqi gave her in the middle of the night and what she said, so she said: "Last night, Aunt Wuqi had a high fever due to a cold, and it was really inconvenient to move. ”
Cang Zheng sneered.
This Wuqi really needs to be investigated.
Thirteen had been secretly following Cang Zhengqi, and when he arrived at a small garden in a lake, he appeared when he saw the instructions.
Cang Zhengqi raised his chin slightly, and let Thirteen speak by himself.
"Your Majesty, in the middle of the night, Zhao Heqiao and they left the inn, and the fifteenth and sixteenth were originally followed, but they suddenly lost them, and they returned to the inn during the fifth watch, and the subordinates have not yet been able to know where they went and what they did during this period."
Seeing that Cang Zhengqi didn't speak, Thirteen continued: "It's the subordinates who are useless and willing to accept the punishment."
"They're really arrogant, too." There was a slight displeasure in Cang Zheng's tone.
"It's just that the skills are not as good as others, but we can't sit still."
"Your Majesty?"
"If the dark doesn't work, come to the bright one, and arrest people directly!"
"My subordinates understood."
"Also, go check the palace maid named Wuqi next to Concubine Xiu."
"Yes."
Zhao Heqiao suddenly opened his eyes and clutched his chest to soothe the afterglow of the nightmare.
How did she dream about her?
Zhao Hecai, her innocent and cute half-sister.
She's also seventeen years old this year, and I wonder what has become of her? In the past two years, I have found out that she is fine in the palace, but ......
Zhao Heqiao thought of the dream she had just now, and was a little uneasy.
There was a sudden knock on the door, and Zhao Heqiao answered.
Xiao Er's voice came from there, "Girl, let me ask you next door, what do you want to eat?" ”
"Steamed buns and white porridge are fine, bring them to the room when they are ready, and help me tell the people in the next room that they can come to me."
"Howler!"
After a while, there was a click on the wooden floor, followed by a faint knock on the door.
When Xie Xiaoshuai and He Sheng came over, Zhao Heqiao just finished washing.
He Sheng was the first to speak: "Sister Qiao, morning!"
Zhao Heqiao smiled and nodded.
He Sheng saw the painting on Zhao Heqiao's table at a glance, and picked it up with a strong step to look at it, "Sister Qiao's danqing is really good." ”
Xie Xiaoshuai had a proud expression on the side, "That's natural, Sister Buckwheat is very powerful!" ”
He Sheng sat on a stool with the painting in his hand, his legs crossed and cocked, "The name of this flower is Red Fetus, Red Red is the fetus of the fetus." ”
"What's this weird name?" Xie Xiaoshuai also sat down.
"When the fetus is in the womb of a pregnant woman, the whole body is wrapped in a membranous thing, which is located on the uterine plate, and when the fetus comes out of the female womb, this membranous thing will also break, so ......" He Sheng said, leaning over and pulling a piece of paper from the table next to him.
Seeing this, Zhao Heqiao wanted to help her grind some ground.
"No, Sister Buckwheat." He Sheng took out a piece of blackened charcoal from his pocket, drew it on the paper, and a pattern quickly appeared.
Zhao Heqiao and Xie Xiaoshuai looked closer, and drew two superimposed circles on the paper, one smaller and the other larger.
Xie Xiaoshuai said that he didn't understand, "What are you painting......
"Look at me," He Sheng closed his eyes and hugged himself.
Xie Xiaoshuai imitated his hand movements in confusion, "What? ”
"I'm painting the result of a red fetal flower," He Sheng recounted with carbon in the middle of the intersection of the two circles, "These are the lines on the fruit." ”
"It's like hugging a sleeping baby." Zhao Heqiao said.
He Sheng grinned, "Sister Buckwheat is really smart. ”
"I thought it was just a simple bone, so I burned the flower."
"Sister buckwheat is right, although the flower is not ripe, it is always not good to carry it on the body, no matter how good my medicinal oil is, the effect is limited, and even if it is peeled off, the bones are useless, and if it is not produced by itself, it will not have that shape."
"What is the purpose of this flower?" Zhao Heqiao directly skipped the question of why He Sheng knew.
"That's it!" He Sheng's face was dyed with excitement, just like when he was a storyteller, "Guest officer, please listen." ”
"I all know that in addition to the beautiful water street and river that are most famous in the Wushu Kingdom, there is also a commercial prosperity that the Jiangzhu Kingdom and the Qingying Kingdom combined can't match."
"Wushu has its own geographical advantages, connecting various countries to help the world, outstanding people, and various tricks."
Xie Xiaoshuai proposed: "How did you talk about the Wushu Kingdom?" ”
He Sheng put his fingers on his mouth, "Don't be impatient, and listen to me." ”
"The business industry of Wushu Kingdom is outstanding, especially the land of flowers and willows, which is even more interesting."
Zhao Heqiao heard her mention this and recalled one thing in her mind, "It is said that for a period of time, prostitution was rampant, and the reason was a kind of hallucinogenic drug. ”
She also remembered that two of Nossin's brothers had been given that drug.
Could it be that the medicine has something to do with this red fetal flower?
Zhao Heqiao immediately fell silent and continued to listen to Hesheng.
"Yes, yes, yes!" He Sheng waved his fan and said three 'yes' in a row, "This is it!" ”
"There are many names for that kind of psychedelic drug, some are called 'lingering', "clouds and rain", and "lingering...... After several turns, no matter where it goes, it can't leave a medicine lead. ’
"This red fetal flower." Zhao Heqiao affirmed, and had a rough idea in his heart.
"This is just one of them," He Sheng pointed to the one painted by Zhao Heqiao, "The round bones on the petals are taken as medicine when they are not fruitful, and the medicinal materials added to the acacia become a hallucinatory medicine." ”
"I see......"
"However," He Sheng changed his words, "the Wushu Kingdom has strictly banned this medicine in recent years, as long as it can be planted, it has been abolished, and even the circulation of flower seeds has been broken. ”
"Therefore, the flower seeds that produce medicine are found in the Qing Ming Kingdom, which is intriguing......"
The corners of Hesheng's mouth were raised, "Red fetal flowers are difficult to bear fruit, only one or two out of a thousand plants, Cangzheng Zheng did not pick directly after the round bones grew but continued to cultivate, it is estimated that the method of finding the result is to find it." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please read it on m.qidian.com. )