Xiao Qi: "Alas! You're so stupid, it's a trap from the beginning, a trap that follows the good path, will you be deceived or will you be too simple. ”

Ping'er nodded: "I know now, but there are many sisters in the door who are not bad, they are also like me, they were deceived, and in the end they had to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of returning to the Snow Gate, just like this time." ”

As she spoke, she suddenly knelt down in front of the poor road: "Young master, go and beg you, let go of those sisters who were arrested this time." They are also young and ignorant, so they have gone astray. ”

The poor road was also a little entangled, and he sighed: "It's not that I don't want to help you, the Li family's family rules are very strict, and I already owe the person in charge of saving you this time." If I let everyone go, I don't know what kind of punishment I'll receive. Besides, you did steal the Strange Spirit Beads, and if you recover the lost items, I can plead for the women who were captured. “

Ping'er shook her head and said, "We didn't steal the Qi Ling Bead, because it was impossible to steal it from the heavily guarded lights of the ten thousand homes. We just let the Qi Ling Bead be auctioned in advance, and contain a few people who can increase the price, so as to buy the Qi Ling Zhu at a low price. ”

Poor Tu was surprised: "The one who auctioned off the Qiling Bead that day was your person who returned to the Snow Gate?" ”

Seeing that the girl nodded, she didn't know whether to be happy or depressed. I am happy that I know Yu Rou's current situation, know where she lives, and as long as I inquire a little, I can find her. But what is depressing is that she was actually involved in such a turmoil that had a lot to do with herself, and took away the treasure that should have been the annual finale of the lights of ten thousand homes by improper means, the Qiling Pearl.

So what should you do?

Exhausted sighed: "This matter can be big or small. Let's talk to Hui Xuemen first. ”

The next day, he took the mask and followed the steward to the Snow Gate.

The reason why he wore a mask was mainly because he didn't want to be recognized by Yu Rou, so as not to affect his judgment and thinking.

The master of the Huixue Gate personally received the steward, and the poor man stood behind the steward and acted as a guard. He saw Yu Rou standing behind the door master, looking at him with curiosity.

Did Poor Tu wonder where he was exposed? Before I came, I had changed into new clothes from head to toe, and even my hair was scattered, so I couldn't tell it was the same as before. But why did Yu Rou keep staring at herself?

The owner of the door returning to the Snow Gate was a middle-aged woman who should be over thirty years old, and she smiled: "I don't know what the chief steward of the lights of ten thousand families came here for today?" ”

The steward took a sip of the teacup, then looked up and smiled: "It's not a big deal, a few days ago, I lost a strange spirit bead in the door, and caught some people, after being tortured, some of them admitted that they were from Huixuemen, so I wanted to come here to ask the door owner's opinion." “

The middle-aged woman laughed, obviously over thirty years old but laughed at the crisp voice of a teenage girl, she said: "If they say that they are relatives of the emperor and the country, do they believe it?" ”

The steward shook his head expressionlessly: "There is no wind and no waves, since they admit that they are from your building, then there must be a reason." ”

The middle-aged woman's face turned cold, and she said coldly: "Heh! I don't agree with what the steward said. It's all conjecture, and without a little evidence, it's too rude. ”

The steward suddenly smiled and said, "Why is the master angry?" I didn't say that it was your people, I just said that there is no wind and no waves, and maybe the wind is blowing from somewhere else. I know that your return to the Snow Gate and the Blood Knife Gate have always been incompatible, and I think this wind is likely to be blown by the Blood Knife Gate. ”

The middle-aged woman turned cold to hot and smiled shyly: "Yes." Do you feel the same way? This must be that the Blood Knife Gate found a few women to pretend to be the ones who returned to the Snow Gate, and then blamed us. ”

The steward stood up and arched his hand: "Since it has nothing to do with returning to the Snow Gate, then I will leave first." I'll have to go to the Blood Knife Gate and ask. ”

The woman stood up and returned the salute and said with a smile: "Then I wish the steward to find the thief as soon as possible and arrest him." ”

Poor Tu and the steward walked out of the back snow gate, and Poor Tu said: "I think this door owner is very problematic, ordinary people will not be so excited." ”

The steward smiled, shook his head, and said, "No, no, no, in your eyes, she does seem to have a problem." But her appearance is pretending again, in fact, she can collapse in front of Taishan without changing her face, and her usual behavior is so unfathomable. On the contrary, I don't know if it's to confuse me or what. ”

What and what is this...... Poor felt that his brain was suddenly a little insufficient.

In the next few days, he followed the steward to the Blood Knife Gate, and even visited Ling Qingxue and the City Lord's Mansion in the Spirit Gate and met the young city lord who had just returned, a young man surnamed Ao.

The steward explained: "Since I refuse to hand it over when I return to Xuemen, I don't want to ask more monks from Mizhou to come and help." Then there's only one way that's not bad, and that's if we make a big deal out of it, and the bigger it is, the better we can fish in troubled waters. A rare Qiling bead for hundreds of years, but it is what all forces want. And at present, the Qi Ling Bead has definitely not been transported out of the city, and now that there are so many forces monitoring the Snow Gate, there is even more to worry about. Let's sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and we can have a praying mantis to catch cicadas and yellow finches. ”

Poor Tu nodded and praised: "Very good way, regardless of the facts, it is smart." ”

The steward smiled: "Thank you for the praise of the young master, it's not that he is smart, it's just that the young master is young." When the young master has experienced more, he will naturally be familiar with the rules of this world. ”

Since then, the person in charge no longer bothered to inquire about Qi Lingzhu, and the building did not even send a person to follow and monitor a certain sect or force. The lights of the entire home were running as if nothing had happened.

Until one day, there was a loud noise in a place outside the city, and many people said that there were two primordial babies fighting there.

Poor was called over by the steward.

The steward smiled: "Here we go." ”

Desperately asked: "You mean that one of the two people outside the city who fought in the dark had a strange spirit bead on his body?" ”

Steward: "No, no, no, it's just a temptation. But with the first time, there will be a second time, and the third time, like a wolf, will always be true. But it still doesn't have much to do with us, we just need to watch quietly. ”

Poor: "So can you do something now?" I felt like I was too busy to panic. ”

The steward smiled: "What did the young master come to Mizhou for before?" ”

Exhausted: "I almost forgot, I came to investigate Sanfu Village, so I'll set off for it." ”

The steward asked, "Do you need to bring a few people from the building who are able to go together?" ”

Poor Tu shook his head and said: "No need, I know that this time is a test given to me by the prince, and it is better for me to complete it alone." ”

The next day, Poor Road went on the road alone.

Originally, Xiao Qizi struggled to get out of bed and go with Qiantu, but his injuries were not much better, and now he may not be able to help, and he may even cause trouble.

Sanfu Village is not very far from Longkou City, and it only took half a day to reach the outside of the village on horseback riding.

But this was the first time that Poor Tu had sat on a horse for so long, and he only felt sore. When you can condense the golden pill, you will be able to fly with spiritual energy, eight hundred miles a day.

Sanfu Village is located in the north of Longkou City, but because of the high mountains and dangerous waters, there are swamps blocking the way, so the people inside rarely come out, and the people outside rarely go in, and they will only use a special spell to open up a road in the swamp that lasts for several days when the harvest is completed and the grain is handed over every year.

In order to get to the past, he racked his brains, and finally flew over with the tiger wings of the imitation tiger.

And because the swamp is quite large, I flew for a long time, and on the way, I stopped on some big trees in the swamp to rest. In the end, it took nearly two hours to find the small village.

The people here are simple, and when they see the poor coming, they all welcome them.

Poor Tu was surrounded by the village chief, and Poor Tu asked, "I heard that there is a problem with your food here, what is the problem?" ”

The village chief, an old man with gray hair and beard, but not on crutches, sighed: "All of a sudden, all the rice fields have withered, and this year's harvest is about to be gone, alas! ”

He asked, "Did anything special happen before?" Could it be a lack of water and fertilizer, or a bug? ”

The village chief shook his head: "It's not these. We, the croppers, have grown crops all our lives, and we have seen all kinds of strange reasons, and we can also find corresponding solutions. But what happened this time really made me scratch my head and couldn't find the reason at all. ”

Poor Tu nodded: "Well, then take me to have a look." ”

Village Chief: "Let's have a cup of tea and then go." ”

Poor Tu: "Thank you, but I'm not thirsty yet, let's go." ”

The village chief nodded, and then led the poor to the place where the crops were planted.

The terrain here is not high, and there are many small rivers that crisscross and criss, and it is more appropriate to call them small rivers than ditches.

The grain fields are endless, but they are all gray and earth-colored, which is very strange.

He squatted beside a rice plant, looked at the rice carefully, and looked at it for half an hour, but he couldn't see any clues. He went down to the field again to look at the water and soil, wondering if it was the cause of the water and soil, but after looking at it for a long time, he still had no clue.

This..... I don't understand it myself!

Which one of them here has no more experience than themselves, they can't understand it, and they are even more confused.

Before I knew it, it was evening, and I lived in the guest room of the village chief's house, thinking about the reason why the rice was yellowing during the day.

But no matter what he thought, he couldn't have a clue.

Forget it, I'll think about it tomorrow.

Desperately rolled up the quilt and prepared to rest.

"Boom!"

It sounded like a stone hitting a door.

"Who? Who's out there? He got up, put on his shoes, and cautiously opened the door.

There was no one outside the door, so he walked around the small courtyard and ran outside the courtyard to look, but there was no sign of anyone.

Maybe it's some mischievous kid's prank?

Thinking so, he walked to his room.

When I walked to the door.

There was a "click" sound, which was the sound coming from under the feet.

Poor Tu looked down and saw that it was a white thing, and he bent down to pick it up, only to find that it was a stone wrapped in white paper.

Hey? There seemed to be words on the white paper. It's just that there is no moonlight tonight, and I can't see it clearly by the candlelight that comes from inside the house.

Desperately took the white paper to the house and put it under the candle to look at it.

The handwriting on it is sloppy and crooked, and it can be seen that he is a person who does not like to read much. When I read a few lines, I found a lot of typos...... It seems that I didn't even recognize the words on this piece of paper.

The general content of the letter was that he might know the reason why the rice was yellow, but this could not be known to the rest of the village, so he could only tell Qiantu secretly, and he told Qiantu to go to the mountain on the left tomorrow night, where there was a cave, and he was waiting for Qiantu.

Is this true or false?

I don't know what to do, so I can only rest first and talk about it tomorrow.

The next day, he followed the village chief around the rice fields and discussed......

From time to time, he kept an eye on the villagers, and among them was a young man about his own age, who was always staring at him, consciously or unconsciously, as if he wanted to say something. But when Desperate looked at him, he immediately turned his head.

Is this the same man who threw the stone last night?

There is also a young girl, she always looks at herself intentionally or unintentionally, and when Han Leng looks at her, she smiles shyly.

After a busy day in the rice fields, he returned to the small courtyard and took a bath, but sat at the table and waited.

Time passed little by little, but fortunately there was a moon tonight, otherwise, Poor Road really didn't know how to judge the approximate time.

When the hour was about to come, he got up from his desk and walked outside.

They were cautious along the way, for fear of making some noise and waking up the people in the village.

He came to the mountain mentioned in the letter, and went in the direction indicated in the letter.

After a while, I saw a cave.

Since there is such a place, then fortunately, it should not be a farce of naughty children.

But whether it's or not still has to go in and talk about it.

Cautiously approached, looking into the cave.

Suddenly! An unsightly object crashed into it, and it dodged as it scrambled.

There is no time to look back to see what is not far away, and more things are coming out of the air, so you can only deal with it carefully and concentrate on dodging.

A young man's voice suddenly came from inside the cave: "Aman, don't attack, that person seems to be here to help us." ”

When the attack finally stopped, the cave suddenly lit up, and he noticed that it was some shimmering fruit.

And in the light, a translucent green-shirted girl lay on the ground, and next to her squatted the young man who had noticed during the day, and at this moment both of them looked at her expectantly.

The girl spoke, "I'm sorry, I thought it was the villagers. ”

Poor Tu smiled and said: "I'm fine, it's just that you attacked like that just now, in case it is an ordinary villager who comes, they will be seriously injured by you." ”

Before the girl could speak, the young man said angrily: "Those people have been thinking about killing Aman all day long, and they are seriously injured because they are merciful. “

The girl held the boy's hand and smiled, "Aten, don't say that, those people are afraid of me because they don't understand me." When you first came here, you thought about burning it down. ”

The young man's face turned red: "I... I lost a bet with a few friends, and I didn't plan to set it on fire, because I knew that if I set it on fire, the fire would spread everywhere and the whole village would be in danger. ”

The girl looked at the poor road and explained, "Those fruits I control don't cause much harm when they attack people, they just emit some hallucinogenic gases and give them nightmares. Otherwise, they wouldn't be afraid of me and might have thought of killing me. ”

Poor Tu nodded: "It turns out that there is such a thing in it." By the way, didn't you call me to say that you know the cause of the yellowing of the grain? Can you tell me? ”

The girl nodded, "I've been here...... It should be four or five hundred years, since three hundred years ago, when I turned on my spiritual intelligence, I was able to observe the outside world with the help of vines that spread around. For the past 300 years, the village has been in a state of peace and tranquility. Until that day, there was a powerful spiritual power fluctuation in the west, and I noticed that the leylines here were forcibly pumped there, which caused the food here to be most in need of spiritual energy nourishment began to wither. ”

Poor touched his chin and said to himself, "West? What's going on in the west......"

"Ah! I seem to know! When I was in Mizhou, I seemed to have heard that a certain village in the west had opened a powerful formation, and many monks went to explore the secrets, but they all came and went. It turned out that the formation had spread so far...... It's just horrible. Said Poor.

The girl worried: "If this continues, when the leylines in this place are drained, then there will be no grain here...... Alas......"

Poor Tu smiled: "Don't worry, my third brother, Li Ziba is here to investigate this matter this time, I believe that with his ability, he will definitely be able to solve the problem quickly." ”

Perhaps the reason why Li Ziba has not come to Longkou City for a long time is that he has already diverted to Wen'an Village.

Poor Tu looked at her and said with concern: "You don't seem to be in a good state now, what's the reason?" Tell me about it, maybe I can help you. ”

The girl shook her head: "Thank you for your kindness, but my current appearance is normal, the wood has withered glory, I am in a withered state now, and when my body is all withered, I will enter a long period of dormancy." But next spring, I'll wake up again. ”

Suddenly, he smiled and said, "It's the first time I've heard of such a thing." Sure enough, the world is very wonderful. ”

The girl smiled, "Indeed, just like you." It's obviously a beast ......"

Before she finished her words, her face suddenly changed drastically, and then she vomited a few mouthfuls of blood.

The young man hurriedly hugged her and said anxiously: "Aman, what's wrong with you?" What's wrong with you? ”

The girl's face was painful, and she vomited blood and said intermittently: "Yes... Someone chopped ...... I...... I..."

At this moment there was a bustling sound outside the cave, and in a short time, a group of people rushed in with torches, and in the light of the fire, the hoes and iron forks in their hands flashed brightly. And the leader was none other than the village chief, who stood at the entrance of the cave, but did not dare to come in.

The village chief shouted at the poor road, "Don't be a spirit, come quickly." ”

Before he could speak, the young man rushed out excitedly and roared, "You people who have no conscience and are ungrateful! How did you think that the village has been peaceful and peaceful for hundreds of years, if it weren't for Aman's expulsion of fierce beasts and fierce beasts, if it weren't for Aman's stabilization of the rocky soil, our village doesn't know how many times it has been infested by fierce beasts, and how many natural disasters it has suffered! ”

The village chief said angrily: "Ami is right, you have been completely confused by the goblins. You actually attribute hundreds of years of tranquility in our village to such a goblin! Are you worthy of the ancestors who have blessed us for hundreds of years? When they learned that there were descendants like you, they probably came to wake you up angrily. ”

"Ami! It's Ami, you told the secret! The boy looked incredulously at one of the young girls in the crowd, his face was extremely painful, and tears welled up in his eyes. He wiped away a handful of tears and rushed into the cave.

Seeing that he looked resolute, for fear that he would do something stupid, he hurriedly followed in, leaving the village chief and his party outside to shout.

In the cave, the boy knelt beside the unconscious girl and cried: "Woo... Whining...... It's all my fault, I shouldn't have told Ami about you, although I am not related to her by blood, but because we are both orphans who never came back after our parents left, I always thought she was my best sister. I never thought it would be her informant. ”

But no matter how sad the boy was, the girl's figure still faded and faded, and finally disappeared completely.

The boy stopped crying, fell to his knees and was stunned for a long time, and finally staggered to his feet, he steadied himself for a while, and then suddenly rushed out, and he slammed the people at the entrance of the cave, and ran in one direction.

When he was about to catch up, the village chief grabbed him, and beckoned the others to hug and hold him down to prevent him from being confused.

"Let go of me, that boy named Ato might do something stupid, I have to save him." Desperate shouted.

Village Chief: "That kid is completely crazy, and the nine cows can't pull it back." If you are also confused, how can our village explain to the prince! ”

He looked at the girl who was standing aside, and shouted to her, "He has always treated you as a sister, you go and persuade him." ”

The girl hurriedly shook her head, with a look of fear on her face: "When he rushed out just now, he glanced at me, and that look looked like he was going to kill me. I can't pass, I... I'm scared ......."

Exhausted said: "No, that young man is not that kind of person, although I have known him for a short time, I know that he is very kind, he will not hurt you, you have to go over immediately, otherwise it will be too late!" Come on! ”

The last three words, Poor Road almost shouted out.