"It's too late for the lower officials, please forgive the prince." Just when Qiao Xiya was slightly embarrassed because she was teased, Qiao Qinglin's voice came from behind her. Qiao Qinglin gave a deep salute, "The lower official has seen the prince, and the prince is safe." ”

"Mistress Joe excuses me." Mo Haoning helped Qiao Qinglin up, "I came to give you someone by order." ”

"Giving it away?" Qiao Qinglin was confused.

"Father said that Miss Qiao had been out for several months, and had dismissed all the servants before she went out, and now she came back suddenly, and my father was worried that you two would not have any subordinates to call, so I asked me to send them here."

"Thank you for your concern, the prince has worked hard, let's go into the house and have a cup of tea." Qiao Qinglin looked at the dozen or so families in the courtyard, and understood seven or eight points in his heart, so he led Mo Haoning into the house to drink tea.

After Qiao Xiya handed over the family members brought by Mo Haoning to Xia He, she followed into the house and closed the door.

Mo Haoning glanced at the direction outside the door, and said in a low voice: "The mermaid escaped, she told me when she left that there would be a period later, I suspect that she is very likely to come to Jin'an City, knowing that you have already dismissed the family, the person I specially selected, I dare not say that one is ten, at least I can resist for you for a while." As he spoke, he took out five pitch-black but multicolored scimitars from his arms, "This is made of dragon crystals, and you hold the talisman." ”

"This is too precious......" Qiao Qinglin hesitated and didn't dare to answer.

"No matter how valuable things are, no one is valuable." Mo Haoning said, placing the dragon crystal scimitar on the table.

"In this way, the Weichen will be ashamed." Qiao Qinglin arched his hand.

"Whew~" As Qiao Qinglin gave up his hand, a moth half the size of a palm flew out from under the table along with Qiao Qinglin's sleeve.

"Ahh Qiao Xiya exclaimed, hugged her head and hid behind Qiao Qinglin.

"The prince smiled." Qiao Qinglin protected Qiao Xiya behind him, waved his hand to drive the moth away, and then smiled apologetically at Mo Haoning: "Let the prince laugh, the little girl has been afraid of these insects since she was a child."

"It's okay, it's okay." Mo Haoning smiled, "When she saw the mermaid in Huimeng County, she wasn't afraid, she didn't want to be afraid of this little moth." It's so cute tight. ”

Seeing that the moth was gone, Qiao Xiya trembled and probed her brain out from behind Qiao Qing.

"Did you see that?" Qiao Xiya nervously lowered her voice, "That moth, it smiled at me!" ”

"Have you been too nervous during this time? Hallucinations? Mo Haoning was a little worried.

"No, it really smiled at me." Qiao Xiya's face turned pale, and the fear that could not be concealed was revealed from her good-looking eyes.

Qiao Xiya's state, Mo Haoning saw it in his eyes, he knew that Qiao Xiya was not pretending. He looked around the room, and the more he looked, the more panicked he became. The whole body is snow-white, and the moth the size of half a palm is gone in a room with closed doors and windows, which makes Mo Haoning faintly feel that this matter does not seem to be so simple.

"Or ...... How many days are you going to stay in my house? The moth was not found, which made Mo Haoning feel uncomfortable.

"No, no, don't bother the prince." Qiao Qinglin refused without thinking about it, "It's just a moth, just let the people clean the house, I can't find it now, maybe it's hidden in some hidden corner,"

"That'...... If you find something wrong, go straight to me. Mo Haoning thought about it, and also felt that maybe he was too nervous, just a moth, how much wind and waves can it set off? What's more, there are more than a dozen servants who have been practicing martial arts since childhood.

"Don't worry, prince." Qiao Qinglin replied.

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"Mom, look, there's a big, beautiful white butterfly here!" On a small river outside Jin'an City, a little girl of four or five years old with double buns and a floral gown shouted loudly on the grass by the river.

"Xiaofeng, run slowly, don't get too close to the river." Not far away, a village woman squatting by the river washing clothes glanced in the direction of the little girl and said with a smile.

"Got it!" Xiao Feng agreed, and a pair of small feet slowly leaned towards the white butterfly. Four or five years old is the age of playfulness, not to mention that she has never seen such a big and beautiful butterfly. The whole body is pure white, the two huge wings are snow-white, reflecting the sun, reflecting colorful light, a pair of long tentacles swaying with the breeze, and a pair of big black and round eyes are bright, as if they are smiling at Xiaofeng.

"Mom! This butterfly is smiling at me! Xiaofeng felt very surprised, she eagerly wanted to call her mother to come and see this beautiful big butterfly, a big butterfly that could laugh.

"Then you should be friends with the butterfly~ Don't hurt it!" The village woman was only a child's fairy tale, she gave a slightly perfunctory admonition, and once again buried her head in washing her clothes.

"Let's be friends!" Xiao Feng said, stretched out his hand and touched the tentacles of the white butterfly.

The white butterfly seemed to understand Xiaofeng's words, and also stretched out her furry legs and slowly approached Xiaofeng.

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The village woman finally washed all her clothes as the sun was about to set, and she held her knees and tried to stand up, but the pain in her knees and waist made her stand by the river for a while before she regained her strength.

"Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng, go home!" The village woman looked in the direction where Xiaofeng was playing, but she didn't see anything.

"Xiaofeng! Xiaofeng! The village woman hurriedly looked around, the grass by the river was endless, and everywhere she could see was green grass, where there was a little bit of Xiaofeng's figure.

"Xiaofeng! Xiaofeng! The village woman was completely panicked, and her shouts gradually became sad and panicked. She took three steps and two steps with the mallet and walked to the place where Xiaofeng called her to look at the butterflies.

"Smack!" The mallet fell to the ground, and the village woman was stupid there, on the green grass, only Xiaofeng's floral gown was neatly spread on the ground, and her Xiaofeng and the so-called big butterfly were gone.

"Xiaofeng! Xiaofeng! The village woman fell to the ground, and her heart-rending cries were heard throughout the river.

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"A big butterfly ate your daughter?" Ding Yunliang, the new prefect of Jin'an City, had a headache. He pinched his eyebrows, looked at the crying village women in the hall, and patiently asked again, "Did you really see a butterfly eating the woman's daughter?" ”

"Xiaofeng asked me to see the butterflies...... All I care about is laundry...... By the time I went, there was only Xiaofeng's coat left on the ground...... The butterflies are gone...... "The village woman's eyes were a little glazed, and her speech gradually became slurred.

"Is it possible that the child took off his clothes and went down to the river to play in the water and was washed away?" It was really hard for Ding Yunliang to convince himself that butterflies could eat a four- or five-year-old child.

"Xiaofeng, she won't!" The village woman shook her head frantically as if she was crazy, denying Ding Yunliang's words.