"The Empress Dowager of Qiqi, she has already left Yuqin Village for eighty miles at this moment, she must be safe, right? Next, do you wait where you are, or continue to return to the Imperial City? Just as Yanyu was in deep thought in the carriage, the carriage suddenly stopped, and General Lin's respectful voice came from outside.

Yanyu listened to General Lin's words, lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked outside, it was indeed on the official road far away from Yuqin Village, and he was also relieved.

"Rest in place, find some water to wipe the carriage clean, and then set off back to the Imperial City!" Yanyu frowned slightly and said, because when she opened the curtain of the carriage, she smelled a strong smell of blood and felt very uncomfortable, so she planned to wipe the carriage clean and then go back to the imperial city safely.

"It's the Queen Mother, and the last will obey the order." General Lin replied respectfully outside the carriage.

After saying that, he immediately arranged for a few Royal Forest Soldiers to go to the vicinity to fetch water.

Considering that when the Imperial Forest Army cleaned the carriage for a while, they would be uncomfortable sitting inside, Yanyu thought about it, and said to Yao'er beside her with a smile: "Let's go, Yao'er, will Auntie take you outside for a walk?" Did it suffocate you in the carriage? ”

"Okay, Auntie, Yao'er's butt hurts! Hee-hee. Yao'er replied cheerfully.

Then, accompanied by Phantom Lian and Meng Ling, Yanyu took Yao'er's hand and walked towards a small river not far away.

After seeing Yanyu and a few of them leaving, General Lin hurriedly motioned to a few royal forest soldiers to follow with his eyes, signaling a few of them to secretly protect the safety of the goddess and the empress dowager.

And he himself took the other guards to wipe the carriage very carefully.

After all, this is the carriage of the goddess and the empress dowager, and if the cart enters the imperial city with the smell of blood, it will inevitably affect the royal face, so General Lin did not dare to be sloppy at all, and wiped it up himself.

When wiping, he suddenly felt that he seemed to have changed, it stands to reason that he would never do such rough work in the past, and he would feel that he had a ** share, but at this moment, for this strange woman named Yanyu, he didn't feel embarrassed at all, but just wanted to wipe it clean, so that Yanyu who would come back in a while was satisfied, so that he could feel at ease.

Even in order to get rid of the smell of blood in the carriage, General Lin specially picked a lot of fragrant flowers from the nearby grass, squeezed out the juice in the flowers, and sprayed them in the carriage.

When he had finished all this in a sweaty manner, he asked the Imperial Guards to sweep the carriage as well, and then walked to the river satisfied, intending to invite the goddess and the queen mother to return, so that they could continue on their journey.

When he was about to reach the river, he saw Meng Ling and Yao'er splashing water and playing by the river, while the goddess Empress Dowager was sitting quietly on a big rock by the river, deep in thought.

Phantom Lotus remained by her side dutifully, vigilantly watching everything around her, apparently trying her best to make sure that nothing disturbed the Empress Dowager's meditation.

When General Lin came to the river, looking at the goddess and the empress dowager not far away, the somewhat lonely figure, and the sadness on her face, he felt a little sorry for her inexplicably, and even had the urge to gently hug her in his arms and comfort her.

When he realized that he had such a strange idea, General Lin also felt very uncomfortable, and suddenly he didn't dare to go any further.

He didn't know what was wrong with him, he cared so much about a woman he didn't know.

What even made him ridiculous was that not long ago, he planned to kill this woman named Yanyu after he got the entire Lotus Kingdom by himself in the future.

As a result, not only do I not want to kill her now, but I also sincerely want to protect her, and I care more and more about her.

It seems that the plan to obtain the imperial power of the Lotus Kingdom has become less important in his heart.

So, he also stood there silently, staring at the smoke and rain and fell into a very complicated entanglement.

I completely forgot that I had come to ask the goddess and the empress dowager to return to the carriage so that I could continue on my way.

"Ahh

Instinctively, he drew his sword and looked in the direction where the shout was emanating.

I saw that the sound came from a forest by the river, but Meng Ling and Yao'er, who were originally playing by the river, were gone!

So he thought, maybe Meng Ling took Yao'er and something happened in the woods, right? Thinking of this, he hurriedly rushed over.

Such a cry also interrupted Yanyu's musings, and she stood up in the same confusion and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

"Not good! It seems to be Yao'er's voice! Why is Meng Ling gone? When he heard that the voice was Yao'er, Yanyu's face changed, and he said worriedly, and after finishing speaking, he also ran in the direction of the woods.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, just now my subordinates saw Yao'er take Meng Ling's hand and go into the woods, presumably they encountered some beast, right?" Phantom Lotus also chased after her worriedly and said.

And the nearby Imperial Forest Army, which protected the goddess and the Empress Dowager, naturally hurried to catch up.

When Yanyu came to the woods, he saw General Lin running out of the woods with Yao'er in his arms, and hurriedly greeted him.

stepped forward to take a look, and Yanyu found that Yao'er seemed to have fainted, and she couldn't wake her up.

She hurriedly asked General Lin to lay Yao'er flat on the grass, and took off the earrings on her ears, that is, the special earrings that hid the Lotus Immortal Tomb inside, and after reciting a mantra in her mouth, she saw that the nearby grass began to wither, and a drop of green liquid gradually condensed on the earrings.

When she thought that the liquid was almost enough, Yanyu carefully placed the earrings on Yao'er's mouth and dropped the drop of life essence into Yao'er's mouth.

Soon after a burst of green light burst out of Yao'er's mouth, Yao'er woke up.

"Yao'er, Yao'er, what happened just now? What do you see in the woods? Tell Auntie quickly? After seeing Yao'er wake up, Yanyu took her in her arms and asked hurriedly.

"Auntie...... There are monsters...... Sister Meng Ling...... She...... Woo woo......" Yao'er said slowly and weakly, obviously not relieving herself, but she just cried halfway through.

The expression on her face was very frightened, as if she had just seen a terrible scene.

"Meng Ling? What's wrong with her? Where is she? Yanyu suddenly had a bad premonition, and hurriedly asked again.

She ...... Got into a fight with a monster and told me to run...... I asked someone to help her, but I had just run a short distance when I turned around and saw her being ...... by the monster Pounced, and later, I don't remember. Yao'er recalled with a look of apprehension.

"Quick! General Lin! Send someone into the woods immediately, follow the path you met Yao'er, and find Meng Ling as soon as possible! Fast! Yanyu shouted in shock when she heard Yao'er say this.

"Yes, the last will do. Someone's coming! Follow me to search the woods and find Meng Ling! Fast! General Lin saw that the goddess Empress Dowager was so nervous, and knew that Meng Ling must be very important to the Empress Dowager, so he immediately ordered the Imperial Forest Army beside him.

"Yes, my subordinates obey!" All the Royal Forest Army shouted in unison, and after finishing speaking, they all rushed towards the woods with General Lin quickly.

"Auntie, Yao'er is afraid. Auntie, don't leave Yao'er, okay? Yao'er asked pitifully in Yanyu's arms.

"Yao'er, don't be afraid, Auntie won't leave you, so do you remember, what kind of monster did you see?" After seeing General Lin leading people into the woods, Yanyu looked at Yao'er who was frightened in his arms again and comforted.

"That monster...... It has a long tail, a pointed mouth, and red eyes, which is so scary! Yao'er said as she recalled.

Although she still didn't understand what kind of monster Yao'er was talking about, Yanyu didn't ask any more, because she understood, how could she expect a little girl who was only eight years old to tell what kind of monster she had just seen?

If it weren't for the fact that Yao'er in her arms was extremely dependent on her at the moment, she couldn't bear to leave, she would have rushed into the woods to find Meng Ling in person.

The only thing she can do is to pray silently for Meng Ling in her heart, bless her with her own natural appearance, and be able to turn evil into good fortune.

After waiting for about half an hour, Yanyu saw that General Lin finally came out of the woods, but behind him there were six Royal Forest Soldiers carrying a person who also walked out.

When he saw Yanyu from a distance, General Lin quickly ran towards Yanyu, and the six Imperial Forest Army carrying people also sped up and rushed over.

When he saw General Lin come to him with a regretful face, and stopped talking, Yanyu suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, that is, Meng Ling was afraid that something had happened!

She hurriedly handed over Yao'er in her arms to Phantom Lotus to take care of, and rushed towards the Imperial Forest Army carrying people behind like crazy.

Before he came to the person who was being carried, Yanyu recognized it from the person's clothes, it was Meng Ling himself!

When Yanyu stumbled to the side of the woman who was being carried, her guess was confirmed, that is, Meng Ling was dead.

It's just that Meng Ling's face is pale at this moment, and her skin is very wrinkled, as if she has aged dozens of years in an instant, and she no longer looks like a person who has just died, but more like an ancient corpse buried for thousands of years.

At this moment, General Lin also arrived and motioned for the Imperial Forest Army to gently place Meng Ling's body on the grass so that the Empress Dowager could take a closer look.

Yanyu naturally took off the lotus immortal tomb earrings again, wanting to bring Meng Ling back to life.

It's just that she is not sure in her heart, because she knows that if she wants to think of coming back to life, the premise is that the other party's body must remain intact, and the essence and blood in the body must still exist as before her death, just like when the goddess and the queen mother were able to be resurrected, it was because the ice coffin kept her body intact for thousands of years, so it could be resurrected.

And now Meng Ling's body has completely dried up, and even dried up, and Yanyu also feels that he can't do anything about it.

However, she still tried it without giving up, but unfortunately, no matter how she dripped the life essence liquid into Meng Ling's mouth, it was to no avail, obviously the monster Meng Ling encountered this time was indeed very strange, and it was able to turn a living person into a thousand-year-old corpse so quickly.

So much so that the essence of life that could bring the dead back to life lost its effect, and at that moment, Yanyu also helplessly hugged Meng Ling's body and cried......