She is still young, she can only see the person she likes in her eyes, and she doesn't know how to grasp the back of people's hearts, and these have been silently done for her.

Chengyin stared at her for a moment, chuckling and shaking his head.

“…… Little fool monarch, Ernar is really right. ”

"With you and Enar, it doesn't matter if I'm stupid, you've done a lot for me, I know it...... Well, even if you don't know, you can feel that you guys are really nice and think about me in everything. The queen furrowed her brows, covered her ears and rubbed them.

"What's wrong? Got a sore head? Chengyin pulled down her hand, pressed his thumb to her temple, and gently rubbed it for her.

"Hmm...... It's winter again. The queen hugged Chengyin's waist and coquettishly in his arms, "Do you want to take that bitter medicine again?" ”

“…… Well, after so many years, still not used to it? Cheng Yin comforted her and said: "The snake gall of the golden-threaded silver krait snake is a rare medicinal material, you didn't know it before, so it gave you a headache for all these years, and now you take it regularly, isn't it much better?" ”

"Well, my eyes won't hurt anymore."

"Of course, snake gall bladder has many functions, and cooling and brightening eyes is also one of them...... After the winter, I'll bring someone to fetch some for you. Chengyin patted her on the back, trying to coax her to sleep quickly.

"That snake is so venomous, you have to be careful." The queen reminded with her eyes closed.

Cheng Yin said with a smile: "The snake mother reads > novel ybdu is raised with your blood, those snakes will not attack us, we have all drunk your blood wine." ”

The queen pursed her lips, saying it so terriblely, in fact, she pricked her fingers every year, squeezed out a few drops of blood and melted them in the clear water, and put them in the snake cave.

What is "devotion"?

Those strange little white snakes, I don't know when they will survive here, they usually do not attack the people, but will attack animals, in order to protect the important camels and cattle, sheep, mules and horses, had to send out manpower to capture the snake mother, put it in captivity in the snake cave, breed more and devour themselves, well control the number.

The snake mother is also very strange, I don't know how many years she has lived, and every year when she sacrifices it, she gives it a cup of water dripping with blood, and she takes her great-grandchildren and great-grandchildren to stay in the snake cave obediently, and will not come out to attack people and animals.

I don't know how many years this tradition has continued, but in any case, the Queen's Ana has always kept the Mother Serpent, and after Ana's death, she took over the task.

It's just a prickle of fingers every winter, and it's not a big deal, and everyone can't figure out the cause and effect, and gradually they don't think about it.

After Chengyin came here, he pointed out that snake gall bladder is very good for young queens who are often sick, and the best season to collect snake gall bladder is around winter every year, so he took advantage of this opportunity to release nets to catch some small snakes to get gall.

After the snake gall is dried, it is used as a medicinal herb and tribute for the following year, and it is also used for trade.

The strange thing is that those snakes also obediently stay in the snake cave, reproducing and digesting internally, and the snake mother is psychic, giving birth to children and grandchildren every year, as if she is providing medicinal materials for the Jade Fuling Kingdom.

……

The queen was sleeping in a daze, and suddenly felt a cold beside her, and Chengyin's body left the quilt.

She asked in a daze: "Brother Chengyin, where are you going?" ”

"It's okay, come back soon, you can sleep." Chengyin patted her cheek, saw her curled up and fell asleep again, and immediately turned around and walked out of the room with her coat on.

Most of the rooms here had no doors, and were made of heavy or tulle curtains, and he lifted the curtains, and went out, and the queen's little guard, Tomor, was hurrying towards him.

Cheng Yin had already heard the footsteps, and before he could open his mouth to shout, he made a silent gesture and pulled the person out of the room.

"What's so alarming?" He asked.

“…… Two of the Great Khan's envoys sneaked into the palace and entered the secret passage behind the throne, probably trying to steal the treasure and secrets, but they didn't know the way, so they touched the mechanism and fell into the snake cave. Tumor whispered.

Cheng Yin narrowed his eyes and asked, "How do you know?" ”

Tomor was not very old, tall and strong, stunned, and a trusted playmate of the queen, and he did not hear the temptation implied in Chengyin's words, and replied honestly: "In the well of the atrium, two white skeletons have appeared, wearing their costumes. ”

The well led straight to the snake cave, where it was used to punish traitors and to cage snakes.

Those little white snakes with "golden threads and silver rings" are afraid of light and like darkness, and usually do not approach the bottom of this well at all, only after eating food, they will push their bones to the bottom of this well to block the light.

"Only the palace guards and maids know how to open the secret passage, and the ordinary people don't know it, they have only been here for a day, how can they know how to sneak in?" Cheng Yin shook his clothes and looked at the night outside the corridor window with a flat gaze.

"What do you mean—" Tourmore froze for a moment, then reacted.

"Go, let's just say that the queen ordered that all the people who participated in the reception of the mission during the day today should come to the palace and discuss something...... All the maids who usually work in the palace are gathered in the main hall, and then the guards close the palace gate. Cheng Yin said lightly.

The national teacher slept in his house until midnight, and was called to the palace by the guards, and as soon as he stepped into the front hall, he saw a lot of maids standing densely.

Just as he was wondering, he heard the sound of the boulder gate closing behind him.

This door is not usually closed, because once it is closed, it cannot be opened unless you go to the designated room in the secret passage and turn around.

But it was a felony to enter the secret passage without permission, and no one wanted to be thrown into the snake den.

"Salvage what? Who fell in? The national teacher frowned and asked Cheng Yin in a low voice.

Chengyin pointed to Tomo and said, "You come and tell the national teacher." ”

Since the time of the queen's father Khan, Chengyin has been regarded as a guest, and in the past seven years, his status in the court has been very high, and everyone knows that when the king did not come forward, he listened to the national teacher and Mr. Chengyin.

Tomo covered the national teacher's ear and repeated it in a low voice, and the national teacher's face became more and more ugly.

"What about Her Majesty?" He asked.

Cheng Yin glanced at him and said, "I have already sent guards to guard the dormitory." ”

In fact, the queen is now sleeping in his room, in that remote palace room, the national teacher received his eyes, and knew in his heart that this was a smoke bomb to the outside world, so he stopped asking.

With the arrival of the national teacher, the person who presided over the overall situation became him, and Chengyin silently retreated to the side, looking at the people standing in the palace carefully.

Two bloody, mangled corpses were fished up, one of the scalps was gnawed away, these little snakes were too small to swallow food, they all learned to bite, and inside the white snake's mouth, in addition to fangs, there was a circle of fine fangs.

The bite of thousands of snakes, the two corpses that were bitten were drenched with flesh, white bones were exposed in many places, the soft internal organs had long been hollowed out, and one or two very small snakes often drilled out of the flesh, and when they saw the light, they quickly swam back into the well.

The scene was bloody, and the people, who had always been treated benevolently by the queen, had never seen such a tragic situation, and for a while, everyone was silent, and the women trembled with fright.

The national teacher told these people to identify the two bodies one by one.

"You should know that these snakes are psychic, and our own people will not be bitten, but those who are stained with foreign breath will definitely be attacked, and now, you go to the well one by one!"

"If you haven't been in contact with these two people, the White Snake won't bite you, if it's a spy, go and be the bait of these heartfelt White Snakes! Animals are more respectable than traitors! ”

The national teacher pointed to the mouth of the well, where there were occasionally one or two white snakes who did not give up on food, and the probe came out, spitting out a subtle letter.

The women were so frightened that their legs went limp, and no one dared to go in, so the national teacher ordered the guards to carry people to the well one by one, and put their hands in it.

In fact, this wellhead is far, far away from the snake cave, and usually sprinkled with medicinal powder at the wellhead, these "baby snakes" will not be too far away from their snake mothers and will not crawl out.

However, it is different if there is something to eat, they are digested internally every day, and occasionally a few bites of fresh meat come in, and they will also swim out of the nest enthusiastically.

The men and the guards went one by one, and the maids were carried over one by one, trembling with fright, the little snake did not bite, and the legs were so weak that they collapsed to the side, stroking their chests and glad that they had escaped, and those who were frightened and fainted, the guards were still set up and sent to the mouth of the snake.

The little snakes only spit out letters, but do not bite.

An inconspicuous middle-aged woman was carried to the well, her whole body trembled violently, her face was like white paper, the guard pinched her hand and stretched out to the mouth of the snake, the young snake spit out the letter, but did not attack.

She had just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to be taken away when a small snake suddenly bounced into her face and bit her cheek hard!

Suddenly, she let out a scream of fear, waving her hands wildly, trying to slap the little snake off her face.

The snake fell to the edge of the well with a clatter, with a trace of blood on the side of its mouth, and spat out the letter, and sat down leisurely.

The national teacher sneered and said, "It seems that it has been too long since you used the punishment, and you don't believe what I said?" Admit it early, and maybe there's still a chance to live. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged woman fell to the ground and her limbs twitched, and a few broken moans came out of her throat, her face turned black, and she fluttered a few times before she stopped.

Cheng Yin looked coldly at the people standing in the hall, a young maid trembled all over, her face was gray, and her eyes stared at the two bloody corpses on the ground and the woman who had just stopped struggling.

"Go on, I'm going to see, there are still a few people who don't take my words to heart...... Fornication with foreigners? Open the secret passage of the palace, with such a big guts, will you be afraid of a few small snakes? The national teacher spoke.

One by one, the rest of the maids were carried over, and everyone saw with their own eyes that the snake was so psychic, and those who were open-minded were not so afraid.