"Big brother, let's have two pieces of baked cakes."

"Okay, girl, do you want sweet or salty?"

"One for each."

"Okay, come, girl, take it."

"Thank you, big brother."

The red-clad woman with the veil walked back to the tree where the two horses were parked, and reached out and handed a piece of baked cake to the blue-shirted boy who was resting under the tree.

"Thank you."

"It's nothing, do you want me to go get some water and come back?"

"No need."

"Is it really necessary to rush like this? Can't even care about saliva? Shaohong shook her head helplessly and sat next to me with a baked cake.

"Aren't you in a hurry to see Jingyang?" I asked rhetorically.

Shaohong looked at the baked cake in her hand, was silent, and Fang shook her head and said, "Maybe you shouldn't say goodbye......

"Listening to you, it seems that there is something else hidden?" I asked.

Shaohong smiled and said in a low voice, "That's it." ”

I think it's strange: "According to Cen Xi's habit, if he hadn't asked all the secrets out of your mouth, he wouldn't have let me take you away." ”

"You're wrong." Shaohong smiled, "There are some secrets that he is not interested in knowing." ”

Really?

I raised my eyebrows and glanced at Shaohong, then lowered my head and ate two bites of the baked cake.

"I'll ask for directions, and if you're done eating, you'll have a rest here." I stood up and said to Peony.

Peony nodded.

Speaking of this long journey, I am a little too anxious, and I am not ready for many things, but Gu Yuancheng is in danger, if we can't catch up...... In fact, I can't catch up, the doctor said that day, his poison can only be delayed for a month, and now it has been a month, even if we don't eat or drink, day and night, and when we get to Biancheng in Qi State, I'm afraid it will be another month to the end.

"This uncle, may I ask which official road should I take on the way out of Qinguo?" I walked into a tea stall on the side of the road and asked an old man who was drinking tea.

The old man raised his head and looked at me, and said, "The two roads ahead lead to Qi Kingdom. ”

I was stunned for a moment, and asked with a smile, "Then may I ask the old man again, which of these two roads will be closer?" ”

The old man raised his hand and pointed, "Right." ”

I glanced at the official road on the right, thanked the old man, and returned to his place.

"Get on the horse, it's time for us to go." I winked at Peony and got on my horse.

Peony Red understood, and immediately got on the horse.

"Which way are we going?"

"Right."

I let out a loud shout, rode my horse, and went on the official road on the right, Shaohong did not hesitate, and followed me directly, and after staying on the official road on the right for a while, I suddenly grabbed the reins and stopped.

"What's wrong?" Peony asked me.

"Someone is catching up, I'm afraid it's going to be against us." I jumped off my horse and said, "There must be an ambush ahead, we can't go any further." ”

"How do you know? Did you notice it when you asked for directions? Peony also dismounted.

I nodded solemnly and said to her, "Don't talk now, follow me." With that, I whipped the horse's buttocks with my whip, and then at the red one, and the two horses were in pain, neighing, and rushed forward.

I waved my hand at Shaohong, and then stepped into the dense grass next to the official road. Peony looked at me, then at the galloping horse, and finally gritted her teeth and followed me.

Shaohong and I kept walking north, and the grass in front of us changed from knees to heads, and finally even the sunlight was almost invisible, just when I was gradually anxious in my heart, and almost thought that we had deviated from the direction, I brushed aside the blades of grass in front of me that blocked the way, and suddenly opened up in front of me.

"Shall we go in?" Peony Hong looked at the boundless dense forest in front of her and asked with some uncertainty.

"Through the dense forest, we can save at least twenty days, and at the end of it is the city of Zhuan, which is adjacent to the Biancheng of the Qi Kingdom." I said to him.

"You don't know the dangers of such a dense forest, do you? Is there no other way to go? Peony asked with a frown. dog

I shook my head and said, "Just now I went to the tea stall to ask for directions, and I found that there was a bloody smell hidden inside, I'm afraid that the original owner of this tea stall has already encountered an accident." And when I asked one of the old men for directions, he didn't mention that we were going to Qi Kingdom, but he blurted out, which shows that there must be something wrong with him. Moreover, when we asked for directions yesterday, we were clearly told that there was only one road leading to Qi State, but he didn't even think about it, and directly said that both sides were open, isn't it strange? ”

"You mean, they were sent by someone to hunt us down, and they ambushed men and horses on these two official roads?" Peony asked.

"Yes." I nodded, "They expected that we were going to Qi Kingdom, so when I asked which side was closer, he would answer the right side, because the right side is the only place to go to Qi Country, and they must have set up a dead end somewhere on that official road, and the left side is just just in case." ”

Shaohong felt that what I said was a little contradictory, and asked with a smile, "Since they expected us to go to Qi State, why don't you just say the official road on the right and arrange everyone there?" ”

I sighed and said, "Because smart people always like to do more things than ordinary people, if I notice their abnormality and think that they are lying and go the other way, will they not be in vain?" ”

"Then why didn't they just set up an ambush at the tea stall?"

"There are too many people to hide, and it's very close to the soldiers defending the city, so it's not a good place to start at all."

"Is this the so-called clever but mistaken by the smart? If they don't play tricks at the tea stalls, but just wait for you to come, maybe you won't be aware of their intentions. Shaohong actually felt that everything in the world was so funny, but there was a hint of inevitability in the absurdity.

I glanced at Peony's expression, didn't say anything, just said, "Let's go in." ”

Shaohong didn't speak, just walked forward, and her bewitching figure immediately stepped on the barren meadow in front of the dense forest.

I looked at her back silently, and suddenly became curious, I don't know what kind of story such a charming woman has in her.

"Did you plan to walk this jungle in the first place?" Peony asked me suddenly.

I laughed and didn't answer.

Shaohong didn't ask, but changed the topic, "Shen Gongzi, do you know that there is a herb in this world, and its flowers can make people hallucinate, and this illusion is the deepest and most longing thing in the human heart?" ”

"Are you talking about that poisonous Gu of your Blood Alliance?" I guess.

"No, the poisonous Gu is just a painful death." Peony Road.

"How is this possible, Jia Chun told me, your poison can make people confused and hallucinate." Speaking of this, I paused for a moment and said, "Did you add a hallucinogenic drug to the Gu poison?" ”

Shaohong smiled, "Shen Gongzi is really smart, just a little through." But there is one thing that Shen Gongzi doesn't know. ”

"Oh?" I don't think so, "What you're saying is that your Blood Alliance is using this kind of flower to deal with some characters that you think are difficult, forcing them to tell the secrets in their hearts, so as to control and deal with them?" ”

"So you guessed it a long time ago." Shaohong was surprised, but she still shook her head, "Although Childe is smart, this matter is only known to me. ”

"Really?" I don't really believe in this." ”

"This herb, if you eat it with flowers and leaves, it will not be an illusion but a dream, and when the person in the dream can't ask for it, when he can't hope for it, his dream will wake up, and it will die."

When I heard this, I paused, and my eyes looked dangerously at Peony.

Shaohong didn't care about the change in my attitude, only chuckled and said, "Shen Xiang, rest assured, although this medicinal flower is easy to preserve, the leaves are almost instantaneous, and the people in the Blood Alliance don't say that they don't know about it, even if they know, they are helpless, and this kind of herb is actually very rare, it is difficult to plant it by manpower, and it needs to be found in the barren mountains and mountains." “

I stared at her in silence, and after making sure she wasn't lying to me, I looked away.

"How did Miss Peony know about these things? Do you know a lot about herbal medicine? I began to walk forward again, waving my sleeve away from the branches and leaves in front of me.

"I don't understand." Shaohong said abruptly, "It's just that I've heard one person say it." ”

"Presumably this person has a deep relationship with the girl." I said.

"yes." Peony Hong admits very simply, but there seems to be a faint sadness in this crispness, "It's just that life is separated everywhere, I haven't seen him, it's been so long, so long......"

Hearing this sigh, I didn't ask any further.

"The dense forest is no better than anywhere else, we need to maintain sufficient physical and mental strength, be alert to possible dangers, although it is still early before dark, let's find a place to prepare for the night." I said to her.

Peony looked around, pointed to a shining place, and said, "It seems to be a lake over there, so let's spend the night there, right?" ”

"Nope." I rejected her proposal: "The lake must be flat, and we will be attacked by wild beasts." ”

"Let's go there, then." Peony pointed to the other side, "There seem to be a few mossy boulders there, and the gap under the boulders should be enough for us." ”

I looked in the direction she was pointing, and I did see a few boulders, and I nodded and said, "Let's go there." ”

Seeing that I had no objection, Peony Red walked with me there, and when we reached the place, we were surprised to find that there were traces of human habitation in the gap, all kinds of pots and pans, but they were already covered with dust, and some were even covered with cobwebs.

"Now we don't have to learn from our ancestors 'Ru Mao Drinking Blood'." Peony smiled.

"Looks like Miss Peony is blaming me for not being prepared?" I raised an eyebrow at her.

"How dare you." Shaohong bent down and picked up those bowls and basins, "I'll go wash these, and I'll trouble Shen Gongzi to go and hunt some hares and pheasants and come back." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." I picked up a twig and said, "I'll give the girl a fat one." ”