"How is Ki-sama's health?" Minghui asked.

Now she is hiding here, the source is only Deng Ce, she remembers that Deng Ce said last time that Ji Mian was very sick, that time in Baihua Mountain, Ji Mian was not only injured, but also poisoned, although it has improved in the past six months, but it has only saved his life, so far not only has not fully recovered, but the sick body is becoming more and more fragmented.

The old man who sold firewood, that is, Deng Ce, shook his head: "People are already so thin that they are out of shape, to put it mildly, I am worried that Master Ji will not be able to wait for the boss to come back."

Minghui felt a pang in her heart, was the situation so serious?

"Hooray?" Minghui asked.

Deng Ce sighed: "Long live the lord has never been to the court, fortunately, there are still a few elders who preside over the government, although Lord Ji is sick, but he also insists on going to the court, with him for a day, the court will not be in chaos."

Minghui felt that the affairs of the emperor's family were enough to have a headache just thinking about it.

The emperor is the same age as Huo Yu, he got married earlier than Huo Yu, and there are more women than Huo Yu, but he has not yet made a prince.

Not only is there no prince, but there is not even a prince in the harem, so many women can't even keep a prince, there are a few princesses, but there is no empress to succeed to the throne in this dynasty, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree.

The first emperor still has living brothers, they all have children and grandchildren, if the emperor dies at this time, the prince will have to choose from these princes' mansions.

Minghui remembered the battle between the crown princes back then, first the second prince and the fourth prince, together with Wang Zhenren, the unlucky little princess, then the crown prince, and then the third prince also died, those women and the family behind them were all experienced in a hundred battles, but in the end they all lost, lost to the Empress Dowager Sun, who couldn't give birth to herself, so she snatched a son from her cousin, which is today's son.

But in the end, the Sun family was destroyed, and it was destroyed by the child they cultivated single-handedly.

But now, the emperor is young but terminally ill, and he has no children under his knees......

Minghui's heart moved, and a thought suddenly flashed through her mind.

The emperor's brother is not actually dead, there is still one alive!

Minghui opened her mouth, but finally swallowed back the words that came to her mouth.

Her eldest grandson, how are you now? Is it a better life, or is it a worse life?

After the incident of entering the house that night, life seemed to settle down, and Minghui did not find any more strange people, but her heart was tightened.

Because, she suddenly thought of something.

Actually, in addition to Brother Zao'er, in Cai Jiufeng's eyes, she is also somewhat useful.

Like, she can give birth.

She is not yet twenty years old this year, and if she wants to give birth, she can give birth to at least ten or eight, of course, she is annoyed after giving birth to her early brother, and she doesn't want to have another brother in recent years.

If Cai Jiufeng thinks that Brother Zao'er can't be found, he will point the finger at her, no, at her stomach......

Minghui was shocked by her thoughts, she didn't have enough of Huo Bao, she didn't want to change people, and she didn't want to be a tool for giving birth.

What Minghui didn't know was that Cai Jiufeng was already taking care of himself at this time.

Just a few days ago, Cai Jiufeng had another seizure, and at that time, when the eleventh master was sick, Huo Yu finally met the legendary sea overlord.

Cai Jiufeng's face and hands were covered with blood blisters, and his whole body exuded the smell of decay.

Before this, Huo Yu had always thought that Cai Jiufeng was sick, but it wasn't until this moment that he understood that Cai Jiufeng was not a disease, but a Gu, his symptoms were very similar to Hu's mother back then, Hu's mother was the blood gourd's mother Gu, when the Gu worm on Mingxuan's body was pulled out by Ge Wu, Hu's mother was counterattacked.

Back then, after learning that Hu's mother was backlashed, everyone was very happy, everyone was happy to see it, and never thought that in fact, this could be controlled.

For example, over the years, Cai Jiufeng has been breeding blood gourds in various ways, just for his own use.

I think back then, when he and Minghui first learned about the blood gourd, they thought that the person who used the blood gourd

, in order to prolong life.

But now Huo Yu understands that the mother Gu of the blood gourd will react against the Gu, but the blood gourd can also inhibit the backlash of the mother Gu, and the mother Gu and the child Gu are dependent on each other and restrain each other.

Maybe it was many years ago, Cai Jiufeng was tricked by someone, he was the mother Gu, the child Gu may have been pulled out, or he may have died, therefore, Cai Jiufeng was counterattacked, he wanted to save his life, so he could only raise more blood gourds and use the blood of the blood gourd to suppress the Gu worms in his body.

It's a pity that Ge Wu is not here, otherwise he would have been able to explain more thoroughly.

There was an exclamation from the tent, and the eleventh master hurriedly knelt at the head of the bed: "Father, are you okay?"

The tent was suddenly opened from the inside, revealing Cai Jiufeng's miserable face.

At this time, the outside door was pushed open, and several teenagers were pushed in, and they were strung with ropes, like sugar gourds, more like cattle and sheep to be slaughtered.

"It's here, it's here, the blood gourd has arrived!"

Seeing these blood gourds, the eleventh master finally breathed a sigh of relief, this batch of goods had been delayed for a long time, if he hadn't let the black skin go ashore to urge, maybe it hadn't arrived at this time.

The teenagers cowered, not knowing what awaited them.

Seeing these new teenagers, Cai Jiufeng exhaled a long breath: "Take blood."

A servant untied the rope on the wrist of the young man at the front, the young man staggered a few steps, Huo Yu reached out to hold him, the young man was thin and pale, he should be twelve or thirteen years old, but he looked like he was eight or nine years old, Huo Yu couldn't help but think of Ming Xuan back then.

They have been implanted with Gu worms since they were young, and they cannot grow and develop like normal children, they are weak and sickly, skinny, and most of the children who can live to the age of twelve or thirteen are from wealthy families, raised with supplements since childhood, and carefully raised until now.

Therefore, these blood gourds, their blood can not only inhibit regurgitation, but also have a tonic effect, because they are all raised with supplements and various medicinal herbs.

A man who looked like a doctor pulled the young man over, wiped his wrist with a cloth towel dipped in white wine, and then, he picked up the silver knife and skillfully slashed the young man's wrist.

The boy screamed in terror, but the next moment his mouth was gagged, like a lamb being pushed under a butcher's knife, to be slaughtered.

Suddenly, the door of the house was knocked open from the outside, and several big men rushed in, and before everyone could react, these big men had already raised the knives in their hands, and the knives in their hands fell, and the teenagers who were connected in a string fell in a pool of blood in a blink of an eye.

The blood gourd can only be harvested alive, and when it dies, it stinks, and it has no use value.