"What!?" Xihe gasped.

Xue Gu twisted her eyebrows, and also said in disbelief, "Aren't you scolding us?" ”

The mountain ghost's purple eyes lifted slightly, and shot an impatient look at her, "Do you think Benjun is in the mood to laugh with you here?" ”

"You..." Xue Gu heard his unkind tone, and was about to draw her sword, but was stopped by Xi He in time.

She persuaded, "Aunt Xue, don't be angry first, Chiwu's method was originally thought up by the mountain ghost, and there is no need for him to lie to us." ”

Listening to her words, Xue Gu really let go of the sword in her hand.

Xihe turned around and walked to the mountain ghost's side, and said softly, "Lord mountain ghost, I definitely believe you, then do you know that Chiwu is still in Tongyang City?" ”

The mountain ghost noticed her cautiousness, sighed, and his tone became lightly rubbed, "Anyway, it's not here, go to another place with Benjun." ”

And the place he was talking about was the upper reaches of the Yangjiang River, which flowed through Tongyang City.

Xihe looked at the dark and dreary river and couldn't believe it, "How can the river water in the upper reaches turn black?" ”

The mountain ghost replied, "This gentleman brought you here to confirm whether the water is poisonous. ”

"Mountain ghost-sama, you suspected that this water was poisonous early on?" Xihe asked.

He nodded and continued, "As early as at the gate of the city, Benjun had already noticed the mother-in-law who died because of the poisonous plague, but the woman holding her said that the poisonous plague was extremely contagious, but the strange thing is that her mother-in-law has been dead for half a day, but she has no symptoms. ”

She and Xue Gu really didn't notice this detail.

"And at that time there was a porcelain bowl with half a bowl of water at her feet, and it is very likely that the woman had begged for water for her mother-in-law."

He looked at her and thought seriously with a face, and then said, "Because there are too many people poisoned in Tongyang City, everyone thinks that it is caused by infection, and since infectious diseases are ruled out, then there is only one way to make people in a city have the same poisoning symptoms on a large scale in a short period of time." ”

"It's diet!" Xi He suddenly understood the words of the mountain ghost, "If someone throws poison in the upper reaches of the drinking water of the people of Tongyang City, then as long as they drink the water of the Yangjiang River, they will be poisoned." ”

"Clever." The mountain ghost looked at her cleverness, hooked his lips with satisfaction, and then said, "And the other part of the people were not poisoned because they used their own wells to escape this catastrophe, and it is because of this that no one in the palace was poisoned, as for why the woman was not poisoned, I don't know if you noticed that there was a porcelain bowl with half a bowl of water at her feet, and it is very likely that the woman begged for water for her mother-in-law." ”

"Then does this poison have anything to do with the missing Chiwu?"

Since he had taken them to the Immortal Mountains first, he must have had other intentions, and her instincts told her that Chiwu must have nothing to do with the poisonous plague.

His eyes looked at the rushing river, and a sharp glow emanated from his purple eyes, and he said to them, "The lips are black and purple, the face is pale, and the veins are distended, which is a symptom of being infected with the venom of the Netherworld." ”

As early as 10,000 years ago, when the red crow plagued the world, the same situation occurred in the world, and then it was resolved by the ghost mother, thus suppressing the red crow in the endless mountain.

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Xue Gu's tone was stiff, and she complained, "Caused us to run away in vain." ”

"Leave three points of leeway in everything, in case this gentleman is wrong, wouldn't it mislead you." He said lightly, "Besides, since Benjun said that he wanted to collect Chiwu, he must be completely sure. ”

"So what now?" Xihe asked.

The mountain ghost unfolded his fan, turned around and said, "Naturally, I'm going back to ask for credit." ”

Back to the palace, the mountain ghost will be the poison plague to the emperor, the emperor heard that it is a monster, immediately to find the demon hunter to catch the demon, the mountain ghost did not stop, after retreating from the palace as if nothing to do back to the heart pavilion.

As soon as I sat down, the stool was still hot, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard.

A little girl in a gorgeous dress ran to the door, with a bright smile on her face, and just wanted to step into the threshold, she was stopped by Xue Gu standing at the door, "Who are you?" ”

The girl looked at her and was not easy to mess with, and when she saw that Aunt Xue didn't let her enter the house, she suddenly lost a smile on her face, her hands were on her waist, and she looked at her with a raised face, and she was very angry, "Is the name of this princess also something that you can ask if you want to ask?" ”

When everyone was still thinking about her words, a group of internal supervisors suddenly rushed to the door, and the leader was the chief inspector of internal supervision Huang next to the emperor.

His forehead was covered with sweat, and he looked like he was running over non-stop, and after hurriedly saluting, he said to the little girl who stopped in front of the door with an embarrassed face, "My little aunt and grandmother, Your Majesty said that you would not let you leave Xihe Garden, why did you come to Fangxin Pavilion!" ”

He raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, glanced at the mountain ghost sitting at the desk in the room, his voice was a little quieter, and said, "This is Your Majesty's distinguished guest, the residence of Doctor Du, and you must not come in at will without Your Majesty's permission." ”

"That's right, this princess is looking for the famous Doctor Du." She said this as a matter of course, and did not take the emperor's words seriously at all.

Manager Huang smiled bitterly and said, "Princess Zhaoyang, you really tortured the old slave, how can you let the old slave explain to Your Majesty?" ”

"Don't worry, my father loves me so much, when the time comes, this princess will help you say a few good words in front of your father, and this matter will be over."

She arrogantly pushed away Xue Gu's arm, entered the house in a joyful manner, and sat down on the stool next to the mountain ghost without waiting for the mountain ghost to get up and salute.

She glanced at Xihe standing behind him, and said as she should, "Why are you stunned?" Pour tea for Princess Ben. ”

Xihe did not shirk, and after pouring a cup of tea for Princess Zhaoyang, he filled the cup of tea for the mountain ghost.

Princess Zhaoyang moved the stool to his side, brought a delicate and delicate face to him, and asked, "Doctor Du, do you remember this princess?" ”

The mountain ghost's body twisted to the other side, nodded slightly at her, and then, picked up the teacup in front of him and sipped slowly, as if the important things she had come to confirm were insignificant in his eyes.

She also learned from him to pick up the teacup and hide her face and take a sip, and then, Ying Ying smiled, "Last night, thanks to Doctor Du's timely appearance and catchment of me, this princess is sitting here safe and sound, and I came today to thank you in person." ”

The mountain ghost smiled faintly and said, "Last night's incident was also an accident, and Princess Lao personally came to thank you, and the people were honored." ”

Having said that, Xihe did not hear a trace of honor from his words, but took the word perfunctory to the extreme.

Princess Zhaoyang also seemed to be aware of the deliberate alienation of the mountain ghosts.

In order to alleviate the embarrassment, she hooked her hand at Manager Huang, who came to announce the decree, and said to the mountain ghost with a smile, "Divine Doctor Du, I heard my father say that it only took you less than a day to find the root cause of the poisonous plague, and this princess came today to reward you with Manager Huang at the will of my father." ”

After receiving the order, Mr. Huang began to read the decree, and when the decree was read, four inner prisoners stood out from behind him, each holding a reward of gold and silver treasures, except for the last inner prisoner with a unique purple wood in the end plate.

When she was in the Heavenly Palace, there was no shortage of food or clothing, these mortal mundane things were rare and rare, and she stared at the shiny jewels in their hands, especially the purple wood, when she saw it for the first time, it reminded her of the first time she saw the mountain ghost in Wanjing Lake.

After thanking the holy decree, the mountain ghost didn't look at the plate at all, and said directly to Mr. Huang, "Mr. Huang, I didn't value these things outside of my body when I came to share your majesty's worries, but also ask the chief to return to the emperor, and the subjects have thanked your majesty for your kindness, and the ministers will not accept these rewards." ”

"Why don't you take it?" Before Mr. Huang could persuade her, Princess Zhaoyang couldn't sit still, she walked up to the mountain ghost and persuaded, "Doctor Du, these treasures are worth a lot of money, any thing is enough for an ordinary person to eat for a lifetime, why don't you want it?" ”

Manager Huang also chimed in, "Yes, Doctor Du, these gifts are all first-class treasures, if you don't accept the old slave, it won't be easy to explain." ”

Unexpectedly, the mountain ghost insisted, "It's hard to work hard for Mr. Huang." ”

Just as Manager Huang was embarrassed, Princess Zhaoyang directly ordered someone to put all the things in her hand on the table, and took them out immediately.

For fear that the mountain ghosts will catch them and let them send things back the way they came.

As soon as the people left, the mountain ghost looked at the pile of jewels on the table as if it were a pile of useless things.

He noticed the two of them looking at the pile of treasures with interest, and said, "If you like it, take it yourself." ”

"Thank you, Lord Mountain Oni."

Xi Hezhen regarded herself as the maid of the mountain ghost, and after getting the permission of her master, she sat at the table and played with the small objects on the plate one by one without seeing the world.

After looking around, her eyes finally stopped on the piece of purple wood in her hand, and when she got closer, there was a faint woody fragrance on the wood.

She held it in her hand and pondered it repeatedly.

The mountain ghost put down the tea cup in his hand, saw her curious look, couldn't help laughing, and said to her, "This is purple fragrant wood." ”

Her gaze turned to the face of the mountain ghost.

There was a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, "Purple fragrant wood is a precious wood in the world, with its own fragrance, it does not dissipate for a long time, it has strong patience and good plasticity, and it is often used by mortals to make hairpins, bracelets and other gadgets." ”

Xi He nodded thoughtfully, and took a piece of crystal clear white jade from it, she saw that Xue Gu only glanced at it a few times, and was indifferent to it.

She asked, "Aunt Xue, isn't there anything you like here?" ”

She shook her head and replied, "It's all gadgets, useless. ”

When the teapot bottomed out, the mountain ghost got up and lifted his sleeves and said to them, "Benjun will go out." ”

"Mountain ghost-sama, where are you going?" Xihe asked.

He looked at the scorching sun outside the door and replied, "If you want to catch Chiwu, of course, you have to find something to lure Chiwu out." ”

"Oh." Xi He nodded in response.

The mountain ghost stepped out of the threshold and paused slightly, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and said without looking back, "If you have nothing to do, you can go back to the Heavenly Palace." ”

Xihe asked again, "Why?" ”

"Haven't you always wanted to help the people of Tongyang City detoxify? You can go to Qianyang Palace and see if you can find the antidote. He replied.

What he said was not random speculation, since the red black plagued the world 10,000 years ago, there must be an antidote to that catastrophe.

And the underworld has always been under the jurisdiction of the immortal realm, and the antidote to the poison of the red crow is naturally also collected in the heavenly palace.

When she looked up again, Xihe saw his long legs and disappeared directly from her eyes.