Chapter 14: Hidden Witches

"Gu is also known as grass ghost, it is a kind of witchcraft that uses poisonous insects as a haunt to harm people, but because it is too vicious and exterminates human nature, as early as a hundred years ago, the Eighteen Emperors clearly stipulated that Gu poison is not allowed to come out, if it is discovered, it is a big crime of the nine clans." Wu Jinghong thought about it and said softly, "The person who gave your mother a trick is a person from our Great Plains?" ”

“…… I do not know. Si Luo gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "I found the Gu worm on my mother's corpse, and I knew the real cause of my mother's death, before that, I always thought it was my mother's poor health......

Wu Jinghong's eyes flickered, and suddenly said, "You have been oppressed since you were a child, how can you know about Gu worms?" ”

Siloh froze in place, as if pondering how to answer the question.

"Hahaha, Xiao Wu asked well!" Jiuzun clapped his hands on the side and smiled happily, "It's up to him to answer you." ”

Wu Jinghong also smiled faintly, and sat down confidently, "In my guess, someone in your Sima family must be familiar with this Gu poison technique!" ”

The scope can be narrowed down a little more, this person who is familiar with the art of Gu poison must have a good relationship with Si Luo's mother and son, so that Si Luo can also have the opportunity to steal this knowledge.

Seeing that Si Luo insisted on being silent, Wu Jinghong unhurriedly picked up the teacup and took a sip, and continued, "It's also very powerful, the rules of a hundred years ago have been obeyed so far, no one in the Eighteen Imperial Dynasties has ever found Gu poison or used Gu poison, I didn't expect that there would be in the Sima Mansion so close to the palace of Ju State-Si Luo, if you really hate the Sima family, why don't you go and report them to the Emperor of Ju and then flee?" ”

"She is not from Sima's family, and it is impossible for her to play Gu on my mother." Si Luo struggled in his heart, and finally relented, "She was rescued by my mother a few years ago, and she only stayed in the house for a few days before leaving, she is grateful to my mother for saving her, and she will never hurt my mother!" Someone in the house must have stolen the Gu worms she brought, so as to harm my mother! ”

"Who is she?"

"She said she came from the rain country ......"

At the beginning of the day, it was another sleepless night, and that night, the dilapidated carriage quietly departed amid the noise of the gold and silver city. Sun Gu and Liu Xi'er stood on top of the city gate hand in hand, watching them go away.

"Hey, dead ghost, can you believe that old woman's words?" Liu Xi'er stroked her lower abdomen, her eyes full of worry, "The old lady doesn't want to bet on this, if it doesn't work after taking the medicine she left for a year, the old lady will definitely dig her out of the pile!" ”

Sun Gu's squinted eyes opened a little harder, and he said firmly, "Since it is the person brought by Xiao Jiu'er with her, she must be exceptional, and you also heard her say that she is the fourth personal disciple of the Holy Doctor." ”

"What a holy doctor of Rausch! She can't cure the old lady herself! How come all the apprentices who are more powerful than themselves come out! ”

"Oh, hey, Xi'er, don't be angry, she said that it hurts your body when you are angry, and hurting your body is not good for preparing for pregnancy......" Sun Gu hurriedly hugged his mother and persuaded him, and his eyes slowly narrowed as usual.

He hadn't told Xi'er yet that the old woman who promised to heal her was actually the princess of Yunguo, and she was on the way to save herself this time!

"Bang

Walking out of the gold and silver city, it is a smooth passage through the country of Ju. Probably because they met with the pursuers of Siluo in Potou Village, and when they passed through the border of Ju State, those people did not embarrass them at all. Silo sat in the car so calmly and simply let him go.

Wu Jinghong didn't plan to delay time on the road any longer, she originally planned to arrive in the rain country in half a month to search for an antidote. But now that half a month is about to pass, they haven't walked out of the plain yet, and she can't tell what kind of condition her body is, so she can only urge Jiuzun to hurry.

"Speaking of which, Your Royal Highness Princess, you have been poisoned by Gu and are going to the Rain Country, why do you have to go too?"

Siloh had been nesting in the carriage for days, and it was so unpleasant that he couldn't stretch his limbs all day, and he had to find something to talk about.

It's just two of them, Wu Jinghong and Jiuzun, where are they willing to talk to him more. Even if he sat face to face with him in the carriage, he didn't know what he was thinking, and often didn't pay attention to what he was saying, and he was annoyed when he was too many times.

Suffering from his own intolerable temperament, no, he pondered for a long time, and finally found a very suitable topic.

"Huh?" Wu Jinghong was looking at the scenery outside the carriage, and when he heard this, he turned around and glanced at him in surprise, "I thought you already knew, and I haven't seen you ask for so long." ”

“…… What the? Si Luo was a little nervous, did he really ask the right question this time? Just looking at her expression, I'm afraid it's not a good thing for herself!

"Huh, I didn't plan to tell you, but I'm short on time and can't take care of you." Wu Jinghong sighed lightly, "You also have some old poison accumulated in your body, in my opinion, there is a problem with your eating in Sima Mansion, the poison has spread all over the body over the years, and the knife wound on your arm has not healed for a long time is also affected by this poison." ”

Si Luo was speechless for a long time, but from his expression, he didn't look like he was frightened by the news.

"What are you worried about, no matter how careless you are, you won't find out for so many years, right?" Jiuzun's voice floated in.

"I only know that what is in my body is definitely not Gu poison, I discovered it more than ten years ago, and I took the so-called antidote at that time, I thought it was ......" Si Luo hung his head and said listlessly, "Well, thanks to her antidote, I can survive so far!" ”

"Are you talking about the people of the Rain Country that your mother saved more than ten years ago?" Wu Jinghong asked curiously, "If you really want to talk about something, why don't you talk about that rain country man in detail." ”

Speaking of this, Si Luo was obviously more energetic, "I don't know much, although my mother rescued her and brought her into Sima's mansion, but she was taken away by the Sima family that night, and I only secretly went to the guest room where she rested every night to find her." ”

"At that time, she was a teenager, but she was calm and unusual, and when my mother picked her up from a pool of blood, she was already dying. Unexpectedly, she woke up that night, her consciousness was very clear, and she said that in order to repay my mother for saving her life, she would detoxify me. ”

"It's just that she didn't tell us her name, only that she came all the way from the Rain Country, and was unfortunately hunted down here in order to find a treasure that was scattered outside the Rain Country. I thought she would recuperate at Sima's house for a long time, but when I went to look for her a few nights later, she had already quietly left. ”

"Quietly leaving?" Wu Jinghong was surprised, "Don't the people of the Sima family know her whereabouts?" ”

"The Sima family sent someone to look for it, and there was no news later." Si Luo shook his head, "Thinking about it now, I'm afraid that the Sima family wanted to keep her at that time, so that she could use the witchcraft she mastered." ”

"Do you know what she means by treasure?"

Shloe shook her head again, "She said she didn't know it herself, maybe it was a book, maybe it was a grass, maybe it was even a person. ”

So mysterious? Wu Jinghong couldn't help frowning, and let the teenage girl go all the way to a country where she was unfamiliar to find a treasure that she didn't know what it was? Is everyone in this rain country so nervous?

Or is there something unique about this little girl?

"Oops, stinky boy, get out and drive!"

Jiuzun suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, and Wu Jinghong immediately lifted the curtain, and Jiuzun, who was originally sitting in front of the car and driving a horse, had disappeared.

Si Luo Yiyan bent down and stepped forward to take the reins, since Jiuzun asked him to take charge of the car by name, it must be someone who has nothing to do with Ju Guo.

The carriage continued to rumble for some time, when suddenly a sound of horses' hooves was heard behind it, and the sound was crisp and uniform.

"Let's pull over first." Wu Jinghong glanced back from the window, there were no obstacles on both sides of this official road, the terrain was flat and wide, and there was an unobstructed view of the front and back for more than ten miles, so she could easily see the black oppressive people and horses in the distance.

Siloh pulled the carriage to the side as much as possible, so as not to frighten the old horse, and to make way for the men and horses behind.

"Is this already the territory of Shuo Country?" From afar, Wu Jinghong could already clearly see the word "Shuo" on the chests of those wearing armor, "No wonder he wants to hide, I'm afraid he sees an acquaintance, right?" ”

Silo didn't respond, just looked at the soldiers with a burning gaze.

The horses galloped from far and near, counting them to the likelihood of dozens of horses, and when they came to them, they all felt the roar of the ground. The group did not slow down, and galloped past their carriage, kicking up clouds of smoke and dust.

Wu Jinghong lowered the curtain in time to block the dust, but he couldn't help but wonder in his heart - why were these Shuo soldiers in a hurry at this time? When she just passed by them, she noticed that everyone in this team had serious faces, could it be that something important had happened in Shuoguo?

Thinking of this, she immediately took out the small map and compared it left and right, feeling slightly startled. These horses are heading in the direction of the imperial capital of Shuoguo, if it is not news related to the war, it is something wrong in the imperial capital!

"Okay, okay, what are you going to see when you're far away!" Jiuzun came out of nowhere, "Hurry up, let's go, I'll go out immediately!" If you see it, you will go out of the Great Plains after turning over this beam! ”

Si Luo's gaze retracted from afar with reluctance, glanced at Jiuzun, and pursed his lips. The real master of those people is in front of him, but if people don't want him, then there is no way.

"Jiuzun, do you know what happened to your emperor?" Jiuzun's unworried appearance really made Wu Jinghong very incomprehensible, Shuo Guo is also your own brother in a high position, why should you be worried for a while when you encounter this situation, right?

"What could happen? My brother has great powers, so let's stop worrying about it and go about our work! Jiuzun happily drove the carriage, and his heart was full of joy - he wouldn't say that he had done everything in the imperial capital! Originally, the task of going to the rain country was given to Da Honglu, but when he heard about it, he suddenly thought of Wu Jinghong, so he took it upon himself to kill Da Honglu and traveled to the rain country for him.

At this moment, I'm afraid that the old men of the Ministry of Rites will join forces to make trouble. However, I believe that person can handle it all!

Jiu Zun was thinking like this, but he didn't know that in the palace of the imperial capital of Shuo Kingdom, his own brother Jiu Yao had already been so angry that he was slapped up, and the pair of phoenix eyes that were exactly the same as his birth glared at the boss, "What a bastard!" Don't you use your brains to do things? Have you lost all your brains on the battlefield! Bring it back to me immediately! ”