Chapter 32: The Mysterious Man Attacks
Yue'er carrying Qin Miaoshi and Lu Youling had already arrived above Yeyue City, still staying on the bell tower to rest, Lu Youling was tied up like a zongzi and had already been turned upside down, and there was no reaction at all when he was thrown on the ground, Qin Miaoshi thought that he had no breath, and hurriedly loosened the tie, only to see Lu Youling coughing, holding his lower abdomen and curling up on the ground and squirming.
"Oh, if you don't loosen your ties, you can send me back to the village for burial. ”
"It seems that your mouth is stronger than your body, I advise you not to talk much, and rest when you should rest, otherwise you will have to tie up for a while for fear that you will not be able to stand it. Qin Miaoshi took out a small white cloth bag she was carrying, and her eyes never looked at Lu Youling, as if she was not worried that he would run away at all.
"What is delicious in your hand, give me a taste. ”
"Huh," Qin Miaoshi handed over her hand and spread out the white cloth bag in her hand, there were only things like hemp rope in it. "Do you want to try the taste? The jerky of the black python is also Yue'er's favorite. ”
"Yes, I thought it was eaten by people, but I didn't expect it to be eaten by animals, so I'd better endure it. ”
Lu Youling showed a look of disgust, silently walked to the side to stretch her body, Qin Miaoshi finally couldn't help but glance at him, the scar on the left cheek of the boy in front of her seemed to be a little shallower, it seems that this scar was also caused by a recent injury.
"Stinky boy, Bengong really didn't expect that you could tame moon lice with your dignity, and you are also the mother of moon lice trained by my mother, you must know that you are not from our Rizhao country, and you don't have the art of repelling things as a foundation, can you tell Bengong how you did it?"
"What's wrong with me like this? Why can you sunshine people tame moon lice, I don't understand what is good about these big meat insects, I eat a lot at every meal, I can't feed enough, Lao Ke said that I am a wine bag and rice bag, not suitable for his position at all, I sometimes think, why do you want to top his position, I don't want to stay here, I have to go back to Yundu to find my father and mother. ”
"What else did Lao Ke tell you?"
"You are so enthusiastic about Lao Ke, why don't you ask him yourself, of course, you are always pestering people to fight and kill, and it is right that others are not willing to talk to you more. ”
"Is this palace so difficult to approach? And this palace is now sending you back to Yundu, so it can be regarded as half of your benefactor, if you are willing to tell this palace the method of taming Shi Huan, this palace will not only send you back to Yundu to find your father, but also give you a thousand taels of gold, so that you and your parents can live a worry-free life in the future."
"Why don't you believe me, I've only been here for a few days, Lao Ke only asked me to do some feeding work, at first I was quite afraid of moon lice, and then slowly found the cuteness of these big meat bugs. ”
"Cute?" Qin Miaoshi's eyes widened, because in her heart, even if the moon lice is not a murderous and cruel creature, after all, it is also the evolution of the toad in the pond, and the skin around the body is uneven and mucus is produced from time to time, it is already a very euphemistic statement not to use the word nausea to describe it, but to use the word 'cute', Qin Miaoshi does not dare to agree.
Qin Miaoshi took out two pieces of jade from the cloth bag she was carrying and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
Lu Youling stepped forward and just wanted to reach out to take it, but the back of her hand was slapped by Qin Miaoshi, Qin Miaoshi said angrily: "Let you see with your eyes, I didn't let you touch it with your hands!"
"If you don't touch it, you won't touch it!" Lu Youling muttered dissatisfiedly, and then carefully looked at it for a while, the two pieces of jade, whether in terms of color or shape, were definitely from the same jade plate divided into two. One of the jade plaques is engraved with the word 'morning glow', while the other is engraved with the word 'twilight'.
Lu Youling shook her head and said: "These two should be what you call 'Quqi Jade', I heard you say that this piece of jade can be used as a medium to communicate with the moon lice, and I don't know anything else, don't you have a piece of your own? Why do you have to take your sister's piece." ”
Qin Miaoshi glanced at him, and then explained: "This piece of jade was originally just a piece of jade, but after my mother inadvertently obtained it, she made it skillfully carved by skilled craftsmen, so that it had this natural jade color." After the death of my father, my mother began to devote herself to studying the alienation of moon lice, and finally relied on the characteristics of this piece of curved ruler jade itself to absorb aura and transfer grafting to successfully create the first moon lice beast 'Shi Huan', I didn't know at that time that Qin Tiancang, that is, now the monarch of Rizhao Country has already had a plan for my mother, because he heard about it. Shi Huan' has the ability to change the fate of the Rizhao country, so he often comes and goes to my house in the name of asking for advice, until a year after my father's death, my mother naturally married the newly widowed Qin Tiancang, and helped him draw up a strategy for governing the country, and at the same time built a paddock, and cultivated and domesticated the moon lice beast, but my mother herself lived in a shallow way, so she no longer controlled Shi Huan, and Shi Huan was taken care of by Lao Ke and lived in seclusion in the canyon of the paddock. Five years later, my mother gave birth to Miaoyin, and this piece of Quqi jade was also divided into two by my mother and gave me and Miaoyin as a talisman. You say that I took my sister's jade, but it is better to say that I took back what belonged to me in the first place. ”
"I see, then you now have the jade in your hand, why are you still holding on to me, what I can say is absolutely true, if you didn't hurt Lao Ke that day, I wouldn't let Shi Huan stop you. ”
"I was sucked away by Qu Qiyu that day, you didn't see it, this piece of jade is also strange, I Qin Miaoshi is talented, I can learn everything once I can be familiar with it, but I don't have any confidence in this piece of jade, until I see you, a stinky boy from Yundu, you are the only one I have ever seen who can communicate with the moon lice without using jade, so I will keep you by my side this time, and wait until I finish the big thing and then listen to you tell me the method of summoning the ring. ”
"What big are you going to do?"
"It's not convenient to disclose it for the time being, but I'll want you to know later. By the way, where is your home, half a month ago, Rizhao launched a surprise attack on Yundu, if your home is near here, it is estimated that it has been flattened. ”
"What?"
Lu Youling ignored her sore limbs and limped towards Yue'er, "Quick, take me to Guojia Village first, you Rizhao really don't have a good person, why do you want to attack our Yundu." ”
"I can't argue with you, you little brat, I just have to remember that you owe me once. ”
Qin Miaoshi didn't know why she put down the county lord's shelf in front of this young man, maybe finding someone to tell her could really open the knot in her heart, and it was time to break the dusty past many years ago.
Lu Youling first searched for Guojia Village, and found that a lot of cobwebs had begun to grow in Guo Qingquan's house, and when he opened the door, the house was also filled with a lingering musty smell, but there was no sign of war in Guojia Village, it seemed that the war situation was completely different from twenty years ago, and Yundu had not recovered a city from beginning to end.
Lu Youling asked Qin Miaoshi to take him to the territory of Yundu again, along the way, the ground began to appear scattered with some sunshine of the wounded soldiers walking back, sometimes even saw the corpses of soldiers who had not been cleaned up in time, and the pictures of being eaten by passing birds and beasts were all lingering in Lu Youling's mind, and he began to miss the time when he was tied into zongzi, at least he couldn't see it, and he could do it out of sight.
Lu Youling found his way home, he was a little anxious to jump down, maybe he saw too many tragic situations along the way, Lu Youling suddenly had hatred for the county lord in front of him, but Qin Miaoshi didn't think so, and said repeatedly: "How long will it take to arrive?"
Lu Youling was always silent, and finally arrived at the door of his familiar home, Lu Youling signaled the moon lice to land, and before Yue'er slowed down, Lu Youling jumped down and walked towards the house. It's just that the house has already been empty, Lu Youling ran towards the inner room, calling out for her mother, but no one responded at all, Qin Miaoshi leaned on the door frame and quietly watched him go in and out to find it, with a new tender leaf in her mouth, when the last drop of the leaf was sucked out, Qin Miaoshi finally became impatient.
"What are you looking for? Say it and listen to it, I'll buy it for you." ”
Lu Youling's eyes were slightly red, and she said with an anxious face: "My father and mother are gone, can you buy it for me?"
"Ouch, this really doesn't work, they're not at home, are they?"
"I've searched all the houses inside and out, but I haven't seen their figures, not even the things at home, the chickens and ducks fed in the backyard, where do you think they will go?"
"Hehe, I probably didn't want to see you again, so I moved my family away. Qin Miaoshi was joking heartlessly, and Lu Youling was even more depressed at this time.
"Okay, okay, since your father and mother can't be found, why don't you accompany me to Yundu Wangcheng, I will treat you well along the way, you have to tell me the method of controlling Shi Huan." ”
"I can't find my father, I'm not going anywhere!"
"No, I worked hard to bring you here, if you don't go with me now, you will starve to death, I advise you to stop making trouble, and come with me quickly. ”
Miaoshi reached out to pull Lu Youling's clothes, but Lu Youling shook off her hand, and she stared at Lu Youling angrily.
"Okay, I don't care about you, you can choose to ignore me, but you'd better think about it carefully, your father and mother may be in the city, the sun is attacking Yundu, everyone must migrate to the east, and your father and mother may be mixed in the exiled crowd, and you see that the place where the supplies should be displayed in the house has obvious traces of being cleaned up, presumably your parents also packed their bags before going on the road, so it is useless for you to spend here again, why don't I take you to the Yundu King City to see." ”
Lu Youling was obviously moved, he couldn't help but think that his father Lu De used to be a lieutenant, he was such a person who cared about national affairs, there was no reason not to put on the battlefield again and fight the enemy, maybe his father and mother were really in the royal city.
It's just that people like him will not be easily succumbed, he stepped on the moon and said expressionlessly: "Why do you want to attack us?"
Qin Miaoshi was also stunned for a moment, a strand of black hair slipped down and covered one of her eyes, she simply closed her eyes, but there was a trace of forbearance and sadness between her eyebrows. She jumped on Yue'er's back and said slowly: "If your parents die in this war, you should also think about revenge Rizhao country, the relationship between Rizhao, Yundu and Luo Sheng is complicated, in addition to the national hatred, there is also a family hatred that has been precipitated for several years, not that I can tell you clearly in a few words." ”
Lu Youling nodded as if she didn't understand, Qin Miaoshi looked at him and sighed, who is more unforgettable than her in the pain of losing her relatives? Her own heart has not yet been resolved, but she still comes to comfort others, doesn't it make herself more sad, but what is the use of being sad? His relatives have passed away, and it is difficult to recover from the water, leaving future generations to mourn for themselves, but the person who killed his father must not let him go unpunished.
After insisting on all this, Qin Miaoshi drove Yue'er and took Lu Youling to fly along the route to the east, the further eastward she went, the more unsightly the tragic situation she saw along the way, especially when she flew over An Lin, the skewers of corpses were nailed to the top of the pine forest like barbecue, and the whole An Lin steamed out a bloody smell, and the two couldn't help but vomit when they smelled this smell. Qin Miaoshi always wanted to throw herself into the horse like a boy in the past, but after really witnessing all this, she knew the cruelty of war.
"Get out of here, I'm a little nauseous and want to throw up. ”
Lu Youling pursed her mouth, her eyebrows were twisted, Qin Miaoshi nodded, and patted Yue'er's back with her hand, Yue'er understood that she would spread her wings and fly upward.
"Where are we going?"
Qin Miaoshi lowered her head and pondered for a while, and said, "You wait for me, I'll go down and ask." ”
Qin Miaoshi left Lu Youling on a hill, and then listened to the situation, Lu Youling was bored, sitting on the hill and thinking about his parents' voices and appearances, he couldn't help but shiver all over his body, he kept telling himself, don't let anything happen.
After a while, Qin Miaoshi flew back, and at the same time brought back some dry food, she looked at Lu Youling, and saw that he looked haggard, and suddenly didn't know how to speak.
"What are you staring at me?"
Lu Youling was stared at by a girl for the first time, her face was hot with shame, and she hurriedly turned her face away.
"Yundu has been captured, only the Guiyuan Hall is surrounded like an iron bucket, if the estimate is good, the city will be broken tonight at the latest. ”
"Yundu... It's going to be over..."
Lu Youling muttered stupidly, her face was full of loneliness, no matter what, this was once his hometown, his hometown is gone, if his father and mother can't find it, then he is like an orphan, a floating duckweed without roots.
Qin Miaoshi just wanted to comfort him a few words, when she suddenly saw Yue'er beside her suddenly widen her eyes, and her front legs stood upright like a dragon. She understood that this was the precaution of the moon lice before they realized the danger, and she immediately cheered up.
"You... What's wrong?" Lu Youling asked puzzled.
"Shhh Qin Miaoshi covered Lu Youling's mouth with her hand, and she stared around vigilantly.
Lu Youling had a skin-to-skin relationship with a girl for the first time, especially when he felt Qin Miaoshi's jade-like fingers touching his lips, and the temperature transmitted by his fingers and the veins of his knuckles were clearly presented in Lu Youling's mind, and he couldn't help but feel a tingle.
"Shhhh Don't talk. Qin Miaoshi emphasized again, while bowing down, her eyes were like a still lake, clear and quiet, but suddenly there was a circle of ripples!
"Let's go!"
Qin Miaoshi suddenly stood up straight, took Lu Youling's hand and ran to the side, Lu Youling didn't react, and fell to the ground.
"Uh, it hurts! What are you doing here?" Lu Youling gritted her teeth and looked back behind her, but saw a puff of smoke and dust rising from the ground behind her, and there was a straight crack in the mountain rock she was leaning on just now, the crack was so deep and the incision was so straight, Lu Youling was instantly stunned.
"What are you doing in a daze, come here!"
Qin Miaoshi shouted at him, he relieved himself and quickly got up, but saw the ribbon around Qin Miaoshi's body raised, surrounding himself. And Yue'er didn't know when she had spread her wings and soared in the air, the skin of her whole body was tight, the originally wet skin was like a rock at the moment, and the pimples on it were closed one by one, Lu Youling knew that Yue'er's whole body was brewing toad poison gas, its huge eyes were like two lighthouses at this time, and it kept looking around, it seemed that the moon beast as strong as Yue'er had just escaped a blow, because it had not been able to find the person who secretly attacked it.
Lu Youling looked at Qin Miaoshi, Qin Miaoshi shook her head, signaling him not to make a move, she was extremely nervous at this time, the moon lice were naturally alert, and they were sensitive to any movement in the outside world, if they hadn't discovered the danger in time just now and told themselves, she and Lu Youling might not have been able to dodge the blow just now.
What's even more terrifying is that the volley move just now obviously has the intention of killing the two of them, but the moon lice found it in time to let the trick go empty, but this move is extremely fast, the murderer should obviously be nearby, but Yue'er can't sense his location, Qin Miaoshi can't help but wonder if it was just an illusion just now, you must know that the moon lice are extremely sensitive to the slightest wind and grass around them, maybe it was just a thunderbolt across the clear sky just now, but this thunderbolt is particularly deadly!
Lu Youling's heart rose to his throat at this time, and he slowly stepped back step by step, leaning side by side with Qin Miaoshi at Yue'er's feet.
Lu Youling suddenly spoke: "Do you see it?"
Qin Miaoshi asked rhetorically, "What do you see?"
"There was a guy flying past us, and he was moving so fast that I didn't have time to see him clearly. ”
"Why didn't I see anything?"
"Here it is again, look!"
Qin Miaoshi's eyes widened, but she didn't see anything.
"What do you see?"
"A person in a blue robe, why is this back so familiar...... Lu Youling thought to herself, "It's strange, why don't you see this man in blue?"
"I don't know, but if you look at the Yingluo ring in my hand, the fluorescent inside is beating very strongly, which proves that Yue'er may have discovered the man in blue you mentioned, but this person is moving very fast, so Yue'er has not been able to determine his location. ”
"So what do we do now?"
"The person who came is not good, from the trick just now, it is obvious that he has the intention to kill the two of us, but he has not attacked us again, I don't know what the idea is, it is true that we hurriedly take the moon and fly to the sky to avoid danger. ”
"Makes sense!"
The two hurriedly hugged Yue'er's legs, Yue'er had a heart-to-heart, hurriedly spread her wings, flapped her and rose into the air, Qin Miaoshi asked nervously, "Where is that person now?"
"It's strange, I didn't see it in the blink of an eye. ”
Lu Youling's words caused the two of them to panic even more, Qin Miaoshi took out the Yingluo ring and pointed behind her, Yue'er immediately turned around, and the scene behind her was instantly exposed in front of the two.
Qin Miaoshi asked, "Where is he?"
Lu Youling shook her head nervously, "He's not here......"
"Isn't it ......"
Qin Miaoshi raised her head tremblingly, and suddenly found a person in a blue robe and green silk standing on top of Yue'er's head, his figure obscuring the sunlight, and scattered colors slipped down from both sides of him like tassels.
Yue'er realized that there was a person standing on her body who didn't know it until it read Qin Miaoshi's mind, but this ghost-like figure moved too freely, and the two of them didn't notice it at all.
"You... Who are you..."
Lu Youling asked tremblingly, but this person's position happened to block the light, his facial features were not very clear, only the concave and convex outlines appeared clearly, Lu Youling looked at this face and felt more familiar.
It's just that before Lu Youling could distinguish his identity, the man in blue suddenly showed a smile that was not easy to detect, the corners of his mouth were raised, and the elegant arc made Lu Youling suddenly look a little fascinated.
Who knew that after the smile, the man in blue suddenly shone brightly in his hand, and a beam of red gold light turned into a blade, forcibly pulling Lu Youling back to reality from his trance.
Before he could react, a slender arm was pulled from his back to his chest, and Qin Miaoshi's hysterical shout came from his ear: "Amu, hold on." ”
Lu Youling's heart tightened, and she hurriedly hugged Qin Miaoshi's arm, only to see Yue'er's wings folded, and a clever person turned around in the air, and the man in blue himself didn't expect the moon lice to have such a dexterous body, so he was thrown out. It's just that he flicked his toes during the fall, and he regained his shape. Lu Youling and the man in blue were separated by a few feet, looking at him vigilantly, but they didn't expect that at such a distance, the man in blue raised his knife and fell, and the golden sword light broke through the air and slashed at Lu Youling and them.
Qin Miaoshi stroked the bell on the Yingluo ring, Yue'er dodged again with a dexterous big roundabout, she took a long breath and turned to look at Lu Youling, but saw Lu Youling's face was red, and there were ripples in her eyes, and she suddenly wondered in her heart: "Why is your face so red? Aren't you injured?"
Lu Youling nodded but shook her head, Qin Miaoshi suddenly felt inexplicable, but now is not the time to think about it, she said, "You hurry up, we have to get out of here immediately." ”
"Hey, I said that this Yue'er you raised only has the single function of escaping?
"Fight back? I still need to tell you to fight back, can't you see how strong this person on the other side is? Shut your mouth and sit down!"
Qin Miaoshi couldn't help but scold at Lu Youling, but when she turned around, the man in blue disappeared from sight again...