Yu Cheng took a step back, like a beast avoiding a flood.

"Huh!" Bai Xianyan didn't want to say anything, and was angry with him.

Early the next morning, Steward Qin took Yu Cheng and Qin Lang to the old lady to report the matter of the little red snake.

The old lady called the housewife Wu Mi and the party Bai Xian to go again.

"This snake, called the red rice snake, comes from Lingnan and is non-venomous." Qin Jian said, "There are some people over there who like to keep this kind of snake as a pet. ”

"Keeping a snake as a pet?" Bai Xianyan looked shocked, "How to raise?" ”

Qin Jian: "It's very easy to raise." Pour a special medicinal powder into the bamboo tube, the snake likes the taste of the powder, so it lives in the bamboo tube, and then feeds it with rats, eggs, frogs, and other things. ”

Mrs. Lu: "So, in our house, someone raises this snake?" ”

Qin Jian: "I've never heard of it, and it may be from other prefectures." ”

Bai Xianyan: "If you are a pet, you shouldn't attack people." But why did it bite me? ”

Qin Jian: "Red rice snakes usually don't bite. But if you want it to bite, it's easy to just smear the juice of a 'rat grass' on its body. It will think that it is a rat, and when it goes to hunt, it will bite and then wrap itself around its body. ”

Old Madam Lu: "Rat grass? What kind of grass is that? I've never heard of it. ”

Bai Xianyan is familiar with herbal books, but she knows: "I know this, it grows in the cracks of the high mountains and cliffs in Lingnan, and it does not grow in low places, so it can be used for medicine." But I don't have ratweed juice on me, so why is it biting me? ”

Qin Jian's eyes drifted over Bai Wanrou beside Wu Mi: "It's hard to guarantee that someone deliberately smeared the rat thorn juice on you." ”

Bai Xianyan: "Ah, this ......"

Mrs. Lu's face sank like water: "Auntie, what about the clothes you changed into yesterday?" ”

The little maid hosta who followed Bai Xianyan over on duty today replied: "Old lady, the clothes have been sent for washing, I'm afraid they will all be dried." ”

Bai Xianyan glanced at the hosta and didn't speak.

Old Madam Lu frowned and groaned: "No matter which house it is, the snake keeper knows that he is in trouble, and he is afraid that he will throw away all the things that raise snakes, and it is not easy to find!" ”

Wu Mi also frowned and nodded, and asked Bai Xianyan with concern: "Auntie, are you not on good terms with anyone?" ”

Bai Xianyan said: "Except for some misunderstandings about my sister before, I didn't get along with anyone. ”

Wu Mi's concerned face suddenly stiffened: "Your sister is naturally impossible." I've never heard of anything like this. ”

"Old lady." At this time, Yu Yan, who was holding a bamboo basket in his hand, spoke.

"Yu Cheng, what can you do?" The old lady asked.

Yu Cheng: "Even if the snake keeper throws away the snake breeding utensils, the smell on his body can't be thrown away." We have a few military dogs in the outer yard, and there are special people to train them to find people and things. You can give them a try. ”

Bai Wanrou's face changed slightly.

Old Madam Lu immediately agreed and ordered, "Qin Jian, you gather everyone in the mansion to the martial arts field and let the military dogs smell it." ”

Qin Jian: "Yes." ”

Bai Xianyan: "Move quickly. Whoever hurriedly goes to the bath, washes his hands, and applies incense powder and balm, is immediately arrested and interrogated. ”

Qin Jian: "Yes." ”

He took Yu Cheng and Qin Lang out.

"Yu Yan, Qin Lang." Bai Xianyan shouted.

The two turned around and saluted: "What does the girl command?" ”

"You personally take people to search the Yuzhu Garden and the Yulan Garden." Bai Xianyan said.

Yuzhu Garden is Wu Mi's current residence, and Yulan Garden is where Bai Wanrou lives.

Bai Wanrou changed her previous gentleness, and asked with some gaffe: "Bai Xianyan!" What do you mean? ”