Chapter 81: Bugs
"It's weird, how the soil in this imperial garden has been turned into a mess." The little eunuch who was waiting for the flowers in the palace grumbled, so he swept up the dirt scattered on the road and poured it into the flower garden.
"Don't complain, hurry up and get to work, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor must take everyone to enjoy the moon in the imperial garden and pray for blessings after the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner in the palace every year, and it is the right thing to sweep the ground quickly!"
"What are you muttering about if you don't work hard?" Chang Shiliang was inspecting the work of various places in the palace as usual.
"Grandpa Chang." The two little eunuchs were so frightened that they hurriedly fell to their knees.
"Are you going to rebel?" Looking at the dirt in one place, Chang Shi is good at not hitting one place.
"Chang Gonggong atoned for his sins." The two little eunuchs kowtowed like chickens.
"Get up." Chang Shiliang said in a deep voice, "You'd better tell the truth, otherwise, I won't be able to save you."
"Yes, yes, the little one doesn't dare to deceive his father-in-law." The little eunuch stood up tremblingly.
"Tell me, how did all the soil in this flower garden run off the road?" Chang Shiliang asked in a low voice.
"Father-in-law Chang, the little one will tell you the truth, the soil in this place, the little one doesn't know what's going on, and it was fine last night......
"Grandpa Chang...... You...... Look what it is...... "The other little eunuch trembled and pointed to the flower garden not far away, his voice full of fear.
Chang Shiliang looked in the direction of the little eunuch's finger, and saw a white insect about half a foot long and as thick as a wrist was twisting its clumsy fat body to drill out of the soil, and as the insect crawled out of the soil, a large amount of soil was turned up. When the big bugs crawled out of the flower beds, the upturned dirt was scattered on the road.
As if feeling the gaze of Chang Shiliang and others, the fat insect tried to twist its raised head and probe to the square where Chang Shiliang was, just when Chang Shiliang and the others were stunned, a crack suddenly opened on the top of the insect's head, and a scarlet eye stared at Chang Shiliang and the others and purred, Chang Shiliang only felt that his crotch was wet, and a stench instantly diffused.
"Quick! Go to Dali Temple and invite Master Qiao!"
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"Grandpa Chang." Not long after, with the sound of hurried footsteps, Qiao Qinglin and Qiao Xiya rushed to the Imperial Garden, at this time, the urine on the ground of the Imperial Garden had been cleaned, and Chang Shiliang also changed his clothes and waited in the Imperial Garden.
"Grandpa Chang, what's going on?" Looking at the dirt on the ground that had not yet been cleaned, Qiao Xiya couldn't help frowning.
"Miss Qiao," Chang Shiliang felt that he hadn't recovered until now, and his voice was terrifying, "You didn't see it, it's terrible......" Chang Shiliang trembled and told the Qiao father and daughter about the scene he saw with the support of the two little eunuchs.
"Ya'er, the file you sent said that it was a white lady, but why does this white lady have red eyes on the top of her head?" Qiao Qinglin was a little confused.
Qiao Xiya shook her head lightly and looked at Chang Shiliang, "Father-in-law Chang, can you call all the people who are on errand in the Imperial Garden?" I have a few questions I'd like to ask."
"You, go." Chang Shiliang waved his hand and sent a little eunuch on the side to call someone.
"Lord Qiao, Miss Qiao, tonight is the night of the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival......" Chang Shiliang said worriedly.
A cloud of melancholy shrouded Qiao Qinglin and Qiao Xiya's eyebrows.
"Master Joe, everyone is here." The little eunuch who was sent by Chang Shiliang to call people was fast, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of little eunuchs who were on errands in the imperial garden gathered in front of him.
"I'll ask you," Qiao Xiya stepped forward and looked at everyone with a solemn face, "When did the soil of the Imperial Garden first have a vision?"
After the words fell, everyone began to discuss in a stumbling manner, and after a while, a little eunuch bowed down and walked to the front: "Lord Hui, the first person who noticed the abnormality was small." The little eunuch recalled, "It should be the day after the imperial hospital was ordered to be fenced off, the little one cleaned the road of the imperial garden, and found that there was a small patch of soil in the flower garden that had been turned over, and the little one thought that the lady in the palace had plucked the flower he liked, so the little one was silent." After speaking, the little eunuch secretly glanced at Qiao Xiya and found that Qiao Xiya had no intention of blaming him
, only to relax slightly. qδ
"Grandpa Chang, where did the insect you saw go?"
"No...... It's gone......" Chang Shiliang now broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the word insect.
Chang Shiliang's words made Qiao Xiya's heart tighten, she thought for a moment, and said to Qiao Qinglin slightly: "My lord, take a step to speak."
Qiao Qinglin was stunned for a moment, looked at Qiao Xiya's solemn face and nodded, and the servants and eunuchs who followed beside him stepped back one after another, bowing their heads and lowering their eyes.
"My daughter suspects this isn't an ordinary white lady larva." Qiao Xiya tightened her eyebrows, "The Imperial Palace is the place where the dragon qi of Daning is the most prosperous, these larvae have been lurking in the imperial garden for many days, I am afraid that they have already absorbed enough dragon qi, but I am afraid that there will be abnormal changes......
"Miss Joe!" Before Qiao Xiya finished speaking, Mo Haoning's voice came from afar.
Qiao Xiya suddenly heard a commotion in her ears, and before Qiao Xiya could figure it out, a white shadow flashed in front of her like an arrow, rushing straight to Mo Haoning's front door.
"Lord beware!"
"Poof!" Almost at the same time as Qiao Xiya exclaimed, a sharp sword pierced the white shadow with a large human head.
"Whew!" The white shadow shrank rapidly with a puff of white smoke, and finally it was only the size of a palm.
"What the hell!" Mo Haoning frowned, his wrist flicked, and the white shadow was thrown to the ground, and everyone looked at it, and it turned out to be a snow-white moth with a pair of dark eyes.
"Ahh Qiao Xiya erupted into an earth-shattering scream. Qiao Qinglin covered Qiao Xiya's eyes and took her in his arms.
"Quick, get it away!" Seeing Qiao Xiya trembling with fright, Mo Haoning returned his sword to the sheath and ordered the little eunuch on the side.
"Xiya, what's going on?" Mo Haoning stepped forward and looked at the embarrassed imperial garden in front of him, his heart full of questions.
Qiao Xiya blushed and got out of Qiao Qinglin's arms, straightened her messy hair, and briefly explained the matter.
"You've been standing in the Imperial Garden for so long, why are you just coming at me?" Mo Haoning rubbed his nose, as if the moth just now made him want to sneeze.
Mo Haoning's words made Qiao Xiya stunned for a moment, and then fell into deep thought, maybe it was a coincidence? Or maybe it's something special? What's going on with that commotion? Qiao Xiya was puzzled.
"Master, why did you come here!" Just when Qiao Xiya's head was about to explode, Chu Yun's panting voice came into Qiao Xiya's ears.
"Get down!" Qiao Xiya hurriedly shouted without thinking about it.