The elven king's palace is located deep in the jungle and consists of dozens of attics. From a distance, the height is staggered, very exquisite. The palaces are all made of solid wood and green bamboo, and compared with the magnificent Heavenly Palace and the Demon Palace, it is much more simple and elegant.

When the float drove to the front of the council hall, they saw that the old elf king was already standing at the door of the hall himself, waiting to greet them.

"Divine Clan Jieran, on the order of the Emperor of Heaven, came to meet the Elf King." Jie Ran said.

His words were very respectful and courteous, but his tone seemed to be a little colder than usual.

The old elf king put aside the hands of the attendants, and walked forward tremblingly with his cane, and personally helped Jie Ran up.

He looked deeply at his cold eyebrows, sighed lightly for a long time, "Child, over the years, it's hard for you." ”

Jie Ran looked ahead and said lightly, "The Elf King is too worried. Let's go into the temple as soon as possible to discuss business. ”

The Elven King sighed again, and then coughed uncontrollably.

A small hand caressed the Elf King's back, patted it gently, and then, transmitted warm spiritual power into his body.

The Elven King's cough gradually stopped, and when he looked up, he saw a girl standing in front of him with an extremely sweet smile.

"You are?" The Elf King asked suspiciously.

"Luo Yao of the Divine Realm, I have seen the Elf King." Luo Yao gave a salute and said sweetly and crisply.

"It turned out to be Princess Luoyao." The old elf king sighed with emotion, "After so many years, you have grown so big. ”

"I still remember when I was a child, the old elf king came to the heavenly court for a banquet and plucked fruit from the tree for me." Luo Yao smiled.

"Yes, you were only so tall at that time, and you secretly ran to the imperial garden to climb trees and pick peaches, and I happened to come out of the banquet and wanted to go to the garden to blow the wind and sober up, so I ran into you." The old elf king recalled.

"You have a good memory," Luo Yao said sweetly, "I thought you didn't remember me for a long time." ”

"Hehe, Her Royal Highness the princess is still so lovable, how can people easily forget it?" The old elf king smiled, turned his head and saw Jie Ran looking at Luo Yao dotingly, his heart moved slightly, and he felt a little relieved, and said softly, "Okay, don't stand at the door and talk, come in." ”

Entering the palace, Jie Ran told the old elf king about the plague and Yuejue's speculation.

The old elf king frowned and said, "In this way, I will send an envoy to take Princess Luo Yao to the elf world to take a look around, and see if there is any breath of Yuejue first." ”

Luo Yao answered, saluted the elf king again, and was about to turn around and walk out with the messenger, when he suddenly heard a voice.

"Father, there is a distinguished guest from the divine realm, why don't you notify the child."

A clear and rich man's voice came from outside the hall, Luo Yao looked at the voice curiously, and saw a man dressed as a nobleman of the elf clan, who walked in without being communicated.

"Qiu Ye, you are really becoming more and more unruly." The old elf king coughed twice, frowned and reprimanded, and said to Luo Yao with some apologies, "My little son is spoiled by me and doesn't understand the rules, so the princess laughs." ”

Luo Yao hurriedly said that it didn't matter.

Over there, Qiu Ye smiled indifferently, but he didn't talk back to his father. After saluting the old elf king and Luo Yao, he turned to look at Jie Ran, hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled, "Si Ming Xingjun, I haven't seen you for many days, everything is okay?" ”

Jie Ran looked at him with heavy eyes, "With Prince Lao's memory, everything is fine with Jie Ran." ”

Qiu Ye smiled evilly, "Then I'll rest assured." ”

Luo Yao felt that something seemed to be wrong between these two people, but he still had something serious in his heart, so he didn't think about it anymore, turned around and hugged his fist at the old elf king, and said, "The epidemic is serious, without further ado, Luo Yao will retire first." ”

The old elf king nodded and admonished, "Your Royal Highness, be careful. ”

Luo Yao said "um" and turned to leave.

Jie Ran was about to follow, but was stopped by the old elf king.

"Xingjun, please stay, I have a few words to tell you." The old elf king looked at him with deep eyes and spoke.

Jie Ran was silent for a while, lifted his clothes, and sat down again.

The elven envoy drove the float and carried Luo Yao, and it took almost a day to roughly turn the elf world. Luo Yao felt it carefully, but he didn't find Yue Jue's breath.

It seems that Brother Jieran is wrong, and this matter has nothing to do with Yue Jue.

However, in this way, there is no clue at all.

Luo Yao thought for a while and asked the messenger, "What is the situation with the plague now?" ”

"The epidemic is still not under control, but is intensifying," the messenger said worriedly, "and these days, new sick people are being admitted to the hospital every day." ”

"Take me to the hospital where the patient is housed." Luo Yao commanded.

"No, princess." The elven envoy said anxiously, "You are a golden body, if you are accidentally infected, the lower officials will be responsible for their death." ”

"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Luo Yao said, "Take me quickly, it's important to find the source of the plague." ”

The messenger could not resist her, so he took her with him.

It wasn't long before the float drove up to a huge stilt house.

"Princess, please come in." The elven messenger helped Luo Yao lift the curtain and said, "This is the place where the patient is temporarily housed." ”

Luo Yao put on a scarf, walked in, and under the leadership of the messenger, walked around.

The room was no longer crowded with people, and even many beds were temporarily added in the lobby. But even so, there are still many patients who do not have beds and have to lie on the ground to receive treatment.

"I didn't expect this plague to be so severe." Luo Yao frowned.

"Yes, the Elven King has decreed that all resources should be prioritized for the use of the sick, and everything should be prioritized to prevent and control the disease. But even so, the disease continues to spread. The messenger sighed, "Yesterday fifty-three more died, alas! ”

Listening to the cries and cries of pain around him, Luo Yao's heart became heavier and heavier, and he walked forward with his head bored.

"Why are there only light elves here?" As he walked, Luo Yao suddenly asked, "Where have the sick black elves been placed?" ”

The envoy was slightly stunned and a little surprised, and asked the doctor next to him, "What about the other patients?" ”

"Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, here are all the patients." The healer said, "Almost all of the people who are sick this time are light elves. So far, the ministers have never seen a sick black elf come to seek medical treatment. ”

Luo Yao frowned and asked, "Is there a difference between the light elves and the black elves in terms of physique?" ”

"Probably not," replied the healer, "although the black elves and us are different in appearance and habits, after all, they belong to the same race, and their body structure and physical constitution are still the same. ”

"Then why is it that the light elves are so badly infected, but the black elves have nothing to do?" Luo Yao pondered for a while and said, "Could it be that the source of the plague this time is out of reach of the black elves, so they have not been infected?" ”

The messenger's eyes lit up, "Yes, that's right. ”

Luo Yao also ignited hope, "According to this inference, we can narrow down the scope of the source of the plague." First of all, the water source is shared by both communities and can be ruled out. And then there's the food. ”

Luo Yao turned his head and asked the messenger, "By the way, what do the black elves feed on?" ”

The messenger replied, "The diet of both tribes is the same, that is, some vegetables and fruits that grow on the ground. In addition, the schedules of the two ethnic groups are also roughly the same. If there is a difference, it is probably the living environment. The light spirits dwell on the earth, breathe the air, and soak up the sun; Black elves live underground and absorb underground nutrients. ”

Luo Yao analyzed, "There can't be any problem with the sun, so it seems that the main problem of this plague is in the air." ”

"I see," said the messenger excitedly, "I'll go back to the Elven King!" ”

"Wait, you come back first." Luo Yao stopped him and said with a wry smile, "Now I just know if there is a problem with the air, or it's useless." There is no treatment or prevention. You can't let the Elf King give an order and let everyone not breathe, right? We still have to calm down and analyze what is mixed in the air to cause this plague. ”

The envoy also reacted, and said with some shame, "What the princess said is that the lower officials are too reckless. ”

"You're also worried about the epidemic, I can understand that." Luo Yao smiled and comforted him, "It's not too early, let's get out of here first." ”

"Yes, my subordinates are going to drive the floats over."

While thinking about things, Luo Yao slowly walked out of the medical hall, and was pondering, when suddenly he smelled the familiar fragrance of flowers on the tip of his nose.

Looking up, I saw that there was also a kite flower field next to the medical hall.

I remember that on the way out of the Elven King's Palace just now, I had already seen several kite flower fields with a large area.

"Why are these iris flowers everywhere? Do you elves like to grow this flower? Luo Yao asked.

"It's not that someone planted it deliberately," the messenger helped Luo Yao onto the float, and then said, "It's really that this flower has too strong reproductive ability and adaptability, and in just a few years, it has simply bloomed all over the elf world." The elves are all lovers of flowers, although they know that this flower is domineering, but when they see that it is so beautiful, they can't bear to destroy it, so they let it fend for itself.

But in the past two years, this flower has become more and more abundant, and even occupies a lot of farmland and orchards. The Elven King has already set out to get rid of a part of the Kite Flower Field. But at this moment, the plague suddenly broke out, and the matter of dealing with this flower had to be put on hold for the first time. ”

"Everything in the world is mutually reinforcing. No matter how good the flower's ability to reproduce and adapt, since it is in nature, it is impossible to have no natural predators. Luo Yao twisted his eyebrows and said, "But seeing that these flower fields are so neat, there seems to be no trace of being eaten by birds and beasts." And in terms of similar competition, it also occupies the living space of other plants, but no other plants have covered it. ”

The messenger thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because the smell of this flower is too strong, right?" Therefore, animals and birds do not want to feed on it, and plants cannot stand its sap, so that it spreads and multiplies so rapidly. ”

"Because it's not an original species in the elven realm, isn't it limited by the natural environment of the elven realm?" Luo Yao muttered to himself.

"Princess, where are we going next? Going to the royal palace? The messenger asked.

Luo Yao came back to his senses and said, "Let's go back to the post station first, I want to discuss it with Brother Jieran first." ”

"Yes." The messenger answered, and drove the float towards the post station.