True love is not about who gives first and how much is paid, it is a transaction.

Wei Tuo didn't understand this.

Zinu didn't understand it before, but after knowing Li Qinzai, she realized that there must be someone in the world who made her take the initiative to pay willingly without regrets.

He could do nothing, but she just wanted to do something for him.

Peel grapes for him in the summer, make a fire for him in the winter, tailor for him, cook for him, and bear children for him.

It also includes going through hardships and dangers for him to find the whereabouts of new grains.

"You don't understand, and I can't explain to you why I'm doing this for him." Zi Nu's lips pursed slightly, but a smile appeared in his eyes: "Perhaps, if you meet a woman who makes your heart flutter in the future, you will understand what I did today." ”

Wei Tuo said coldly: "I have already met ......"

In the middle of his words, Wei Tuo suddenly stopped, and then his face softened, and he sighed: "Your Highness, it is meaningless for us to do this, it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, that Ido is not an honest man at all, if he hides the new grain seeds in Tocharo, we will look for it all the way, I don't know what year and month." ”

"Your Highness, be sober."

Zinu shook his head: "I concluded that the place where Iduo hid the new grain was not in Tocharo, but after we entered the Yangguan of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"When he met the pursuers outside Yangguan, Yi Duo said with confidence that he had something that could be promoted to the rank of knight, so the new grain should be in his luggage or on his body at that time."

"After entering Yangguan, Yi Duo got up and secretly hid the new grain seeds, he knew that it was a bargaining chip to save his life, and he refused to put it on his body, so the scope of our search was from here to Yangguan."

Wei Tuo sighed and said helplessly: "Your Highness, these are just your guesses. ”

Zi Nu smiled: "At least this is a direction, as long as I do my best, even if I return in vain, I will not regret it, what I am afraid of is that the new grain is hidden in a place we know well, but I just didn't look for it." ”

Zi Nu said seriously: "It is a very important and important thing, I want to find it, send it to Li Qinzai, and see him smile happily, I am very satisfied, I don't want to disappoint him." ”

Wei Tuo hung his head gloomily and sighed.

Zinu looked at him again and said, "It was not my intention for you to follow me at the beginning, if you are unwilling and tired of it, we can part ways at any time." ”

Wei Tuo hurriedly said: "I just complained, I have no intention of leaving, Your Highness, don't talk about it, let's go to the cave and have a look." ”

The crowd galloped to the bottom of the canyon, and then climbed up the rock to the cave where they had been resting for the day.

The cave was empty and quiet, and it was pitch black inside, and everyone walked in, startling the bats in the sky.

The purple slave ordered Wei Tuo to light the torch and slowly walked inside.

The group walked to an open space, and there were still traces of a bonfire burning out on the ground.

"Your Highness, we settled here last time, and left after dawn, this cave...... I'm afraid there are no clues. Wei Tuo shook his head.

Zi Nu didn't make a sound, quietly looked around, and found that the temperature in this cave was pleasant, now it was spring, the weather was still a little cold, but the temperature in the cave seemed to be higher than outside.

"Look deeper, maybe you will find something." Zinu said in a low voice.

"I remember that night Ido slept in the back, and if he wanted to hide something, he quietly got up in the middle of the night and walked a few steps into the cave, and no one could notice...... "Wei Tuo recalled.

The crowd continued to walk inside with torches.

Suddenly, Zinu stumbled under his feet and stumbled. Wei Tuo was about to reach out to help her, but she subconsciously dodged and quickly stood firm.

In the darkness, Wei Tuo showed a look of loss, but no one noticed.

"Why is this land so protruding?" The purple slave crouched down and looked at the piece of land that had made her almost fall.

By the dim light of the torches, Zinu found that the ground under his feet was indeed uneven, reached out and picked up a little dirt, put it in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully, and found that the color of the soil was a little different from the surroundings.

His heart beat abruptly as he tried to calm down, and his hands began to scrape the ground.

Wei Tuo was stunned for a moment, and also followed her to dig the soil.

After digging about half a foot of dirt, Zinu's palms suddenly felt touch something hard, and his movements froze.

Carefully brushing away the soil as if it were an archaeology, several fruits slightly larger than thumbs appeared in the small pit that was dug up.

"Bring the torches closer!" Zinu's voice couldn't suppress the excitement.

As the firelight approached, Zinu noticed that the small fruits were dark red, and a few small buds had emerged from the fruits, and the roots under the fruits had been deeply rooted in the soil.

Zi Nu let out a long exhale, a bright smile on his face.

Wei Tuo looked at her quietly and said in a low voice, "Found it?" ”

Zi Nu nodded vigorously and said with a smile: "Found it." ”

Looking around again, Zi Nu chuckled and said, "Iduo is very calculating, the climate in this cave is pleasant, the soil is soft, although there is no sunlight, but it is also suitable for planting new grain here temporarily, and it will not hurt the roots when you take it out in a few days." ”

Wei Tuo sneered: "What a mess, we fought all the way to send him to Datang, but he played tricks with us." ”

Zi Nu smiled: "These few small fruits are probably his only bargaining chips to save his life, and now that they are in our hands, what else can he rely on?" ”

"Quick, take a small pot, let's transplant it into the pot and take it away."

"Take it back to Li Qinzai, he must be happy to death, hehe!"

The small pots had already been prepared, and they had planned to transplant them when they were looking for new grains, but they carefully took a few fruits out of the soil, covered them with soil, and drenched them with a little water.

Zinu's mood was very excited, and he was ready to find Tocharian all the way, but he didn't expect to find it in Guanzhong, and he was lucky.

"Let's hurry back to Ganjingzhuang and hand over the new grain seeds to Li Qinzai." Zinu said excitedly.

The group sped out of the cave and came to the bottom of the canyon.

Just as he was about to ride away, a cold arrow suddenly shot from behind a boulder not far away.

The cold arrow came unexpectedly, and everyone didn't react at all, and one of the attendants was hit by the arrow.

While the man fell off his horse heavily, the retinue of the arrow still shouted hoarsely: "Enemy attack! ”

Wei Tuo flew up from his horse, and his first reaction was to rush in front of Zinu, and at the same time draw his sword and swing it, just in time to knock another cold arrow towards Zinu.

"There is an ambush to protect Your Highness!" Wei Tuo turned his head and shouted.

Everyone immediately surrounded the purple slaves, gathered their horses, and used the flesh and blood of the horses to block in front of everyone to resist the enemy's cold arrows.

"Come two people, escort His Highness to withdraw first, and the rest will be cut off!" Wei Tuo gave the order without hesitation.

"Everyone lives and dies together, I won't leave!" Zinu said calmly.

Wei Tuo didn't say a word, he reached out and pressed a blood vessel on the back of Zinu's neck, and Zinu fainted without warning.

Wei Tuo casually pointed to the two entourages and said, "Help her get on the horse, bring new grains, send her to Gyeongju City, and ask Gyeongju Thorn Shi to help in the name of Li Qinzai, quick!" ”

Without saying a word, the two attendants quickly helped the purple slave onto the horse, and galloped away while swinging their knives and knocking the cold arrows that were shooting.

Wei Tuo's eyes were bloodshot, and his red eyes took a deep look in the direction where Zi Nu left, and then raised his knife and shouted: "Captain Loulan is here, you have the courage to come out and fight me to the death!" ”