Rong Ruo woke up in a bed, she looked around blankly, this was her room, but not in the room of her house in the capital, but her room in the house that Mao Wen arranged for her in the Heart of Mist, and the furnishings in the room were still the same as when she was evicted out. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When she got out of bed, she found that she had changed into clean clothes, and that the weapons and small items she had hidden on her body had been removed.

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Rong Ruo searched the room, but soon breathed a sigh of relief, the leprechaun lay on the pillow unharmed, and she walked over and poked his head with her fingers, waking him up from his sleep.

"Enemy!" the leprechaun shouted, waking him from his sleep.

"Pixar, it's me. Rong Ruo carefully picked him up, quieted him down, and then put him on her shoulder, and the leprechaun quickly burrowed into her hair and hid.

And Lan Yue, where did they go? Rong Ruo began to remember what happened before she fainted, and the gray sideburns agreed to her request, and then slashed the knife into the major artery in her neck, and then she fainted, and then she woke up here.

Rong Ruo pushed open the door of her room, since she woke up in this room, then Lan Yue and they might also be in their room. And Xinghe, he may be here, no, he shouldn't be here, he's missing.

With all kinds of feelings, Rong Ruo pushed open the door, but she didn't go to Lan Yue's room immediately, because she saw a gray robe standing at the end of the corridor reading a book.

"Are you awake?" the gray robe looked up, revealing Barcelona's old face.

"I heard you wanted to see me, Miss Hegu. Barça closed the book in his hand and tucked it into his arms, "In that case, I may invite you to sit down for a while." ”

"My companions, where are they?" asked Rong Ruo, staring at him.

"They're all in their rooms, safe, at least for now. Barça bowed down the stairs and made a gesture of please.

Rong Ruo felt a little uneasy in her heart, but she still complied with the other party's invitation and went downstairs. She walked into the living room facing the courtyard, and to her surprise, the fawn that followed her was actually in the courtyard, and even when it saw her, it took the initiative to come up.

"Although I have seen many nature spirits in my life, I must admit that this is the first time I have seen such a thing. Barça walked up behind her, and the fawn looked frightened of him, and when he saw him coming, he immediately hid in the corner of the yard, and he turned his head, "But from my personal point of view, I still advise you to finish your hunt." ”

"You mean let me kill this deer, but why would I do it?" asked Rong Ruo.

"The young Maowen always thought that the great hunt was a blessing from the forest, but this was actually a one-sided understanding. The Great Hunt is not just a blessing ritual, it is a process of growth. The ancestors condensed their wisdom and will on the spirit of nature and transformed it into the most suitable prey for us, and we are chasing our prey while also pursuing what we lack in the process of growing up, and the so-called great hunt is actually the process of completing self-growth. Barça replied.

"But my ancestor is not Mao Wen, and I didn't drink the water in your jar, why did my prey appear?" Rong Ruo stared at the fawn and asked, "Moreover, why is my prey a deer, is this saying that I lack something?"

"The ancestors enshrined in the Holy Land are not only Mao Wen, but also those respectable heroes among the ancestors, and the demon spirit was also a member of the ancestors, but you just forgot. As for why your prey is a deer......" Barça turned to look at her, "When I was a child, I was always afraid of the dark, so I met a night owl in the big hunt, and when I shot the night owl with an arrow, I also dispelled the darkness hidden in my heart, and you couldn't bear to hunt this deer, which may be the reason why you met this deer." ”

Rong Ruo pursed her lips and looked at the deer hiding in the corner, "I don't think it's a bad thing to be sympathetic, if the requirements of the big hunt are such senseless hunting, then I don't have any expectations for the blessing of this kind of forest, and has anyone stipulated that the big hunt must be completed by killing?"

"No one has ever defined this, but no one has ever done this ritual by any means other than hunting. But Miss Hegu, you can rest assured, I won't force you to do this, because you are not Mao Wen. Barça turned and walked towards the house, "So Miss Hegu, you can tell me why you want to go back to the forest that belongs to Maowen after being expelled?"

"Mao Wen only owns this forest, but this forest belongs to the empire, and as a citizen of the empire, I can appear in any territory of the empire. Rong Ruo corrected him.

"Miss Hegu, you and I both know what the rules of this forest are, so there is no point in playing with words like this. Barça sat down at the table and poured two cups of tea from the teapot on the table, "Why don't we sit down and have a cup of tea and talk slowly." ”

"I don't like tea. Rong Ruo sat down across from Barcelona.

"yes, I thought you demons all like to drink tea, and you always have to talk about things while drinking tea. Barça looked at her a little strangely.

"Just because everyone likes it doesn't mean I have to like it too. Rong Ruo responded.

"Yes, you have a point, and I don't like the smell either. Barça pushed away the two cups of tea that had already been poured, "Then Miss Hegu, can you tell me why you came back to the forest again?"

"Let's make it clear first, the corpse of Mao Wen in the forest was not done by us, he was already lying there when we got there. Before talking about business, Rong Ruo first cleared up her relationship with the corpse.

"I know, I didn't say that the kid died because of you, he just lost himself in the hunt. Barcelona sighed, "Poor boy. ”

"Wait, you're saying the Great Hunt will kill you?" Rong Ruo was a little incredulous.

"Miss Hegu, that's hunting after all, and not all prey is as non-aggressive as yours. Barça replied, "Well, after all this time, it's time to talk about you, Miss Hegu." ”

Rong Ruo took a deep breath and said slowly: "Elder Barcelona, I arrived in Saku Village, I have seen the situation there, many villagers are missing. ”

"I'm sorry to hear that, but where is that village you're talking about?" asked Barça.

Rong Ruoqiang endured the seizure and replied, "That village is on the edge of the Misty Forest, and even many of those villagers have disappeared directly in the forest. ”

"Miss Heku, as you said, that village is on the edge of the Forest of Mist, it is not in the forest, so it is not under the jurisdiction of the Heart of Mist, as for the people you said are missing in the forest, I will send my hunters to search for them, but Miss Hegu, you must be clear, this forest is very large, and it is not uncommon for people to get lost in it. Barcelona replied unhurriedly.

Rong Ruo was really impressed by this old guy's cheekiness, she was fed up with going around in circles like this, "Elder Barcelona, can you stop pretending, we all know that those disappearances have nothing to do with your Mao Wen!"

However, Barcelona's skin was as thick as the city wall, and he was unmoved, and he even bit back, "Miss Hegu, please pay attention to your wording, there is no evidence that Mao Wen did those disappearances." On the contrary, your demon spirits sent people to the heart of the mist to kill but the evidence is conclusive, Mao Wen does not owe the empire a statement, but the empire owes the seventeen soldiers who died in vain an explanation!"

Rong Ruo felt ridiculous, she knew what the truth was, and Barcelona also knew what the truth was, but the two of them were now arguing meaninglessly like lawyers in the courtroom, "Elder Barcelona, one of my companions disappeared last night, in Saku Village, his name is Xinghe, and he is a thirteen-year-old human boy. ”

Barcelona was silent for two seconds, "I can only apologize for your companion's affairs, I will let the patrol search the forest for his whereabouts, and if he is in the forest, we will ensure his safety." ”

Barça stood up and continued, "But Miss Hegu, until everything comes to an end, please stay in this room with your friends, and we will have food brought over regularly." ”

"Is this house arrest?" asked Rong Ruo, staring at her.

"No, it's your protection. Barça replied.

After he finished speaking, he walked towards the small gate of the courtyard, and when he was about to walk to the door, Rong Ruo shouted: "The imperial army is already in action, Elder Barcelona, do you really want the civil war to start?"

Barça's footsteps paused, and his rickety back suddenly became obvious, as if he had suddenly become old, and he left an inexplicable sentence: "Everything will eventually have a saying." ”

Barcelona left this sentence out of the courtyard, and from the little gap left when he opened the door, Rong Ruo saw that the outside of the house was covered with Mao Wen who was patrolling, and they were indeed under house arrest. A little discouraged, she went back to the second floor and walked to Arazuki and their room.

After opening the door, Rong Ruo found that Barcelona had given her special treatment, and everyone except her was not lying on the bed, but tied to a chair in the room, with a cloth on her eyes and something in her mouth.

She hurriedly went up to put Lan Yue down, and as soon as she broke free of the rope, she asked, "Rong Ruo, where are we, have you found my brother?"

Rong Ruo could only shake her head regretfully, and went to untie the ropes on the other two people first, to his anger and a little funny, Anton actually sat on the chair and fell asleep, and when she let go of him, his saliva even flowed out.

The last one they untied was the rope on Xiaoxin's body, and as soon as they pulled out the stuff in her mouth, she hurriedly said, "Xiaorou, they're also in the forest!"