The bone flute was about the same size and length as a pencil that had been sharpened twice, oily and shiny, slightly yellowish, and had thin laugh lines when you looked closely. It was a bone or tooth pattern, but I couldn't tell what kind of animal it was.

The fourth prince took the bone flute in his hand and turned it around, put it to his lips, and was about to play it.

Su Jinyao stared at the bone flute for a moment, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, rushed over and pressed his hand, and said angrily: "You are the descendant of Miao Gu?" ”

Gu things are not the stuff of the Han people, and the most used are the ethnic minorities in the southwest. And the most powerful poisonous Gu is the two factions of Miao Gu and Yao Gu.

Zhu Xinsu also said when he told Su Jinyao about Gu insects, the Miao people use flutes to control Gu, and the Yao people use drums; I also showed her the unique totem patterns of the Miao and Yao people.

Su Jinyao just saw the totem the size of a small fingernail carved on the bone flute, and recognized that it was the mark of the Miao Gu heir.

Su Jinyao knew that Yugui was a Gu raiser, and these Gu were also made from her yard. But she never expected that the fourth prince would also be the descendant of Miao Gu.

You must know that raising Gu 本 (shēn) is by no means an easy task (qíng), and the price to be paid is often more than what you get. Moreover, the insect (shēn) is not very intelligent and more difficult to control than animals, so the chances of failure and being eaten back are amazing.

But seeing that the fourth prince is only in his teens, and he is a prince, how can Yu Guiren bear to teach him this vicious technique?

The eyes of the four princes are also very different from the previous cuteness, and they are even a little more vicious than the young wisdom last night. Although the bone flute in his hand was held down by Su Jinyao, he also buckled Su Jinyao's veins with his backhand, and even used a little internal force, which was quite like a jade burn.

"Say, is this jar full of Gu worms? Who brought you here? "The fourth prince's table (qíng) is extremely ruthless, and that cold look should not belong to a little teenager at all.

Su Jinyao's eyes also became condensed, and she said in a deep voice: "I don't know if there are any Gu in the jar, but this Gu worm was found from your mother's courtyard." I guess you know better than I know what is going on. ”

Cang Qianyuan's watch (qíng) was stunned, but the hand that held Su Jinyao's vein was a little heavier, and then said, "So, you were sent by my mother?" ”

"Sent?" Su Jinyao heard that the tone of the fourth prince was not good, and couldn't help but say tentatively: "Listen to your tone, you and your mother still have differences?" She's your mother, isn't she? ”

Of course, Su Jinyao knew that the royal blood could not be confused. But even if there is a problem with the four princes' out (shēn) and they can't find out who their own father is, the mother will not recognize his son wrongly.

The fourth prince is not a fool, and after listening to Su Jinyao's question, he knew that she was not sent by his mother, so he let go of his hand and said, "You tell the truth, what's going on with these Gu worms?" Tell me the reason, and I'll spare you your life, otherwise, I'll let you taste the pain of ten thousand Gu heart-eroding hearts. ”

"Yo, it's not a small tone. How much power do you have, and how many Gu worms can you have? After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she let her little chubby obediently climb out of her sleeves, climbed all the way to her shoulder, and then said to the fourth prince: "Then how about you take a look at this Gu of mine?" But (ài) right? ”

At this time, Xi Shen'er, who had been not speaking next to her and was trembling with fright, suddenly spoke, and asked Su Jinyao directly: "Miss Liu, who are you?" Why do you also have Gu? ”

"Xiluo'er, you know this too?" Su Jinyao was quite surprised, she originally thought that Xi Shen'er was just a little palace maid in the palace. The most special estimate is to get the joy (ài) of the four princes.

But now it seems that this little palace maid also knows Gu worms, which is a little too strange.

The fourth prince's hand suddenly flipped over and shook off Su Jinyao's hand holding his bone flute. Taking advantage of Su Jinyao's lack of time to take care of it, she suddenly blew the bone flute.

The bone flute emits a subtle humming sound, almost completely unrelated to the sound of the flute.

Su Jinyao was also stunned when she heard this, but then she heard the jar sent by Aunt Ma make a "click" sound, as if something was hitting or gnawing on the jar.

"Don't, don't be like this, don't be like this, the fourth prince." Xi Zhuo'er suddenly cried, rushed over and hugged the fourth prince tightly.

The fourth prince originally sounded the bone flute, and Su Jinyao deliberately went up to stop it. But when she saw Xi Zhuo'er rushing up, she stopped where she was, wanting to see what was going on between Xi Zhuo'er and the Four Princes.

The fourth prince really felt the most distressed about Xi Pendant, and as soon as she cried and begged, she immediately stopped playing and reached out to hold Xi Pendant into her arms. It's better to coax a child, gently patting her back with his hand.

This scene is very much like a big brother taking care of a little sister, and it is like a couple with a full heart (ài) embracing each other, no matter how you look at it, it is so harmonious and beautiful.

But Su Jinyao found that Xi Luo'er was scared and cried so sadly, which must be another reason.

The fourth prince showed unimaginable patience and gentleness for Xi Shen'er's crying, patting her back, brushing her hair from time to time, and wiping away her tears.

Xi Shen'er cried for a while, and then suddenly remembered something, and suddenly struggled out of the arms of the four princes, and jumped out of the distance, as if she had been stung.

The fourth prince was stunned for a moment, and actually comforted: "Xi Shen'er, there is no Gu on me (shēn), don't be afraid." ”

Su Jinyao was also stunned when she heard the words of the fourth prince, what does it mean that there is no Gu on him (shēn)? He is a descendant of Miao Gu, and he has also refined Gu?

So does it mean that Xi Shen'er once saw him (shēn) with a Gu on it, but now he doesn't?

This is a lot of information, and even Su Jinyao can't get around the bend.

Xi Shen'er looked at the four princes for a long time, and finally stopped crying. However, the eye circles are still red, which makes people feel distressed. It's no wonder that the four princes are so protective of Xi Shen'er, she does have a kind of style that I see pity.

Only then did Su Jinyao step forward, pull Xi Shen'er to her (shēn) side, and asked softly, "Xi Shen'er, you tell me, what's going on?" Why did you know Gu worms? Still so scared? ”

"You dodge. Your suspicion is the greatest, don't get close to Xiluo'er. After the fourth prince finished speaking, he was about to rush up, and it seemed that he was really angry.

Su Jinyao glared at her, pulled Xi Shen'er behind her (shēn), and said, "Don't come here." Didn't you realize that Xi Shen'er was actually afraid of you? These Gu were also found from your mother's courtyard, and you can't get rid of it. ”

"I don't touch Gu anymore." The fourth prince was anxious, after all, he was still a child, and he couldn't stand the agitation, so he said loudly: "It was my mother who wanted to use the joy pendant to raise Gu back then, not me." For the sake of Xi Shen'er, I have never touched Gu again. ”

After speaking, the fourth prince glared at Su Jinyao fiercely again, and said, "If you hadn't stuffed that Gu worm into my hand just now, I wouldn't have broken my oath." ”

"Oaths? Don't you touch the Gu worm's vow again? Su Jinyao deliberately led the fourth prince Cangqianyuan down and said, "But you still carry the bone flute with (shēn)." ”

"That's, that's ......" The fourth prince Cang Qianyuan hesitated, but did not find a reason to refute.

In fact, Su Jinyao understood that once she learned the Gu technique, she had a special physique that attracted Gu worms, so the equipment she brought with her was completely for self-preservation. Otherwise, if a powerful Gu worm is attracted and there is no way to deal with it, there is only one way to die.

At this time, Xi Shen'er gently tugged at the placket of Su Jinyao's (shēn) and said softly: "Miss Liu, it's not the fault of the four princes, it's me, I'm too timid." And, and I can't forget the (qíng) scene back then. ”

After speaking, Xi Shen'er cried softly again. As a result, the four princes couldn't see Xi'er crying the most, and they were so angry that they gritted their teeth and glared at Su Jinyao.

Su Jinyao felt that the time was almost up, so she stepped forward, pulled the four princes to her own (shēn), and said in a child-like tone: "Okay, okay, let's make peace." I'll tell you how I got these Gu worms, and you tell me what happened to raising Gu worms with Xi Shen'er, okay? ”

Su Jinyao heard Cang Qianyuan shout just now, and she already had an imagination in her heart. And if it was really what she guessed, Xi Shen'er would be really pitiful.

No matter how young and old Cang Qianyuan is, he hides it deeply, but after all, his age is there, and his experience is really limited, so Su Jinyao relaxed her vigilance as soon as she eased up.

Cang Qianyuan looked at Su Jinyao (shēn) and said, "Xiluo'er, don't be afraid, these Gu worms won't hurt you, I promise." ”

"Hmm." Xi Shen'er nodded, indicating that she believed the words of the fourth prince. But he looked at Su Jinyao again and asked, "Miss Liu, then you have to tell us first, why are you looking for these Gu worms?" ”

Su Jinyao thought about it, weighed it again, and distinguished what should be said and what should not be said in advance in her mind, and then thought about how to say it so that there were no loopholes, and then said: "I am the descendant disciple of the divine doctor, do you know this?" ”

The fourth prince, Cang Qianyuan, said directly: "I know." You came to treat the imperial grandmother. ”

"yes. The illness of the imperial grandmother (nǎi) (nǎi) is not so easy to treat, and I will have to live here for a while. It also happened that this Divine Gu King I raised was about to advance again, so I wanted to find some poison for it to eat, but I didn't expect to find these Gu. ”

Su Jinyao pointed to the jar and said, "You can see for yourself, it contains a tube made of grass blades, and I put ambergris in it, which attracted a few Gu." If I could have raised Gu and could resist Gu, would I have used such a stupid method? You know, ambergris is very valuable. ”

Of course, Su Jinyao would not directly say that the Queen Mother was poisoned, no matter whether the four princes knew the actual illness of the Queen Mother (qíng), she would not reveal the Queen Mother's condition.

And the reason why she used a potion made of ambergris to attract Gu worms was to shorten the time, and secondly, because ambergris could attract more powerful Gu worms, which was the so-called "reluctant child (tào) not to come to the wolf".

The facts also happened to prove that Su Jinyao used ambergris to attract a giant ant god Gu King.

After Su Jinyao finished speaking, the fourth prince Cang Qianyuan really revealed a little suspicious god (qíng). Then he walked up to the jar, pulled the wooden stopper, and reached in and pinched a blade of grass and came out.

Su Jinyao and Xi Zhuo'er watched as the fourth prince was very impatient and directly ripped open the grass leaf tube, but it was empty inside, only some faint traces of brown potion.

The fourth prince put the blade of grass to his nose and sniffed it, then nodded and said, "Sure enough, it's ambergris, you are really rich enough." ”

"Cut, of course." Su Jinyao listened to the words of the four princes, and even dragged it, slapped the (xiōng) breast, and said proudly: "I am the richest man in Pingshan Village." ”

Pingshan Village ...... Richest! Su Jinyao felt that this title was well deserved for her. But when she left Pingshan Village, she completely believed in the truth that "there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky".

Xi Qiu'er and the four princes glanced at each other, obviously not understanding how rich the richest man in Pingshan Village was.

This is the effect that Su Jinyao wants, she saw that the two children were confused, so she continued to ask, "Okay, I'm done." Now it's time for you to talk about it, you are a Miao Gu descendant, so do you know how to practice Gu? ”

Zhu Xinsu said to Su Jinyao, (cāo) Gu worms are relatively easy, and the most rare thing is to learn to practice Gu. And there are actually not many masters who can really refine Gu poison.

If Cang Qianyuan really knew how to practice Gu, then Su Jinyao could directly guess that Yu Guiren's alchemy should have reached an insurmountable level. It is estimated that even if Zhu Xinsuo comes, he can only have a tie with her.

This is not to say that Zhu Xinsuo is not as good as Yu Guiren, but the so-called "art has a specialty". Zhu Xinsuo is a miracle doctor, and he studied Gu worms in line with the attitude of curing diseases and saving people. In fact, Zhu Xinsuo's mastery and research of Gu can be regarded as a leader among the Gu art descendants. Su Jinyao is in line with the principle of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and what she asked the four princes was also to penetrate the bottom of the nobles.

The fourth prince Cang Qianyuan really didn't turn this corner, he thought that Su Jinyao just asked casually, so he didn't hide anything, and said directly: "I am a master of the Imperial Gu, but I haven't learned Gu refining yet." As for the matter of raising Gu with a happy pendant......"

The fourth prince stopped halfway through his words, looked at Xi Zhuo'er and shook his head and said, "Xi Zhuo'er can say whatever he wants, I can't tell you." ”

"Xi Shen'er, what's going on?" Su Jinyao took Xi Shen'er's hand again, squatted down and asked.

Xiluo'er usually doesn't speak, but now although Su Jinyao asked her kindly, she pursed her mouth and didn't say anything.

The fourth prince said: "Xi Shen'er doesn't want to say that you don't want (bī) her." There is also the Gu on you (shēn), don't take it anymore, she can't stand this. ”

Su Jinyao looked at the little chubby girl on her shoulder, and said to Xi Zhuo'er: "Are you afraid of such a white and fat one?" I can promise not to release it in front of you in the future. But I can't throw it away, I'm different from the Four Princes, my Gu is used to save people. ”

"Can Gu still save people?" Xi Shen'er finally spoke, but with a look of doubt, and there was a trace of fear in her eyes.

Su Jinyao nodded and said, "Snakes are also poisonous, scorpions and centipedes are poisonous, but these poisons can also cure diseases when used in medicine." It's the same with Gu poison, the effect of fighting poison with poison is very good. And I'm a disciple of the Divine Doctor, and I have a lot of prescriptions that require Gu poison. ”

After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she touched Xi Zhao'er's hair again, smoothed her pigtails, and then said, "You have been following me for a few days, do you tell me that I am very bad to you?" ”

Xi Zhuo'er shook her head, and then said slowly: "Very good." ”

In fact, Su Jinyao didn't treat Xi Shen'er very well, but she never deliberately asked her to do things, nor did she beat and scold her.

But such a standard is estimated to be a good master for Xi Luo'er.

The fourth prince listened to Xi Shen'er's words, and looked at Su Jinyao's eyes with a little less hostility.

Su Jinyao saw the stitches and said: "Then you should know that I have never hurt you if I don't know you, so I am not a bad person." So you don't have to be afraid of me, at least I won't hurt you, and I care about you and want to know what you've been through. ”

After hearing this, Xi Zhuo'er looked at the four princes again, and then said, "The four princes are good people. ”

After a pause, she whispered again: "My parents are both criminals, and I should have been put to death." However, my blood is useful for the illness of the second prince, and only the nobles are gracious and ensure that I survive, so I should be grateful. ”

Who is the second prince? Su Jinyao was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the four princes.

Cang Qianyuan nodded and said, "It's my brother, the brother of a mother's compatriot." He was born in the same year and month as the prince's brother, and he was only four days younger. But my mother said that they are also princes, but they are far from each other. ”

Su Jinyao suddenly understood, this is an old-fashioned palace fighting drama. The eldest son of Yu Guiren was only four days younger than Gu Xuebin, and as a result, one became the crown prince, and the other could only be condescended to the second prince.

What's more critical is that Gu Xuebin's mother is not a queen, but just an imperial concubine who is a little taller than Yu Guiren. It is said that the current empress (shēn) is weak and has never had children, so these are either princes born from the empress mother, or they are honored as the eldest son and can become the crown prince.

In other words, if you don't kill Gu Xuebin, the eldest son of Yuguiren will be the second thousand-year-old.

However, with such obvious tricks and methods of the noble people, can't the emperor see it? The Queen Mother doesn't know?

No wonder Gu Xuebin didn't want to return to the palace back then. There is no one here who upholds justice and upholds justice, and it is all up to his own ability and scheming to deploy, and you will fight for the position of this prince.

No matter how Su Jinyao thought about it, she felt that the old man of the emperor was doing something by himself (qíng), wishing that her son and daughter-in-law would be a pot of porridge.

Thinking of this, Su Jinyao felt that there was no need to ask any more. Because the matter of Xi Shen'er (qíng) was not what she wanted to pursue in the first place, and she was not obliged to do justice for what happened to Xi Shen'er.