Mr. Huo was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter. Xie Changshi, who was camping outside, heard the commotion and hurried over: "Mr. Huo, what's wrong?"

Gu Yuzhi asked in confusion, "Chief Secretary Xie, where's your extra head?"

Chief Secretary Xie...

Chief Secretary Xie was terrified and hurriedly stepped into the carriage: "Your Highness?"

Could it be that His Highness's heatstroke hasn't subsided yet?

Or should we return to Xinliang now and quickly find Judge Qin?

For a moment, Xie Changshi's mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, and his deep sorrow was evident.

Gu Yuzhi hid behind Mr. Huo, looking left and right, but couldn't see Xie Changshi's second head. He then breathed a sigh of relief and poked his head out: "There really isn't one."

Why is that?

Mr. Huo said in a low voice, "His Highness is alright now. He just remembers the scene before he fell into a coma, which is why he is like this. Don't worry about him."

Gu Yuzhi blinked and silently asked Teacher Shu, "Teacher Shu, why did I see Xie Changshi with two heads before I fainted? Why didn't anyone else see it? Where did that head go? Could it be a monster?"

monster?

Shu Xiaohan's gaze involuntarily fell on the little white snake on Gu Yuzhi's wrist.

If we're talking about monsters, the white wolf, the black kite, and this little white snake beside the young prince are probably closer to monsters, right?

Especially the white wolf.

I had heard from Guard Qi before that the white wolf's mother could also use illusions and such, and might really be some kind of hidden great demon.

She explained with a smile, "The two heads Your Highness saw were because you were suffering from heatstroke and dizziness, which is why you mistook them. It has nothing to do with monsters or anything like that, so Your Highness doesn't need to be afraid."

Shu Xiaohan pointed at Xie Changshi, who was standing at the carriage door without taking another step inside, and said, "If Your Highness doesn't speak soon, I'm afraid Xie Changshi will really cry."

Gu Yuzhi then noticed that Xie Changshi's expression was not right, so he quickly stepped forward, grabbed Xie Changshi with one hand, and rubbed his stomach with the other: "Xie Changshi, my stomach says it's hungry, let's go down and get something to eat!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Changshi naturally stopped thinking about the way His Highness had looked at him earlier. He jumped off the carriage with a smile and turned around to greet him.

Gu Yuzhi originally wanted to jump down by himself, but seeing Xie Changshi doing so, he hurriedly reached out and let him carry him down.

After landing on the ground, Gu Yuzhi scratched his head, still feeling a little unaccustomed to it.

He felt it had been a long time since someone had lifted him off a carriage like that.

Mr. Huo followed closely behind. As soon as they arrived at the camp, Guard Zhao brought them a bowl of vegetable porridge with a little bit of minced meat in it, but he didn't dare to put anything else in it.

Your Highness has just suffered from heatstroke, so your diet should naturally be lighter.

Gu Yuzhi held the bowl and sipped the food slowly, his dining manners completely different from the Gu Yuzhi who had squatted on the ground tearing meat to eat the night before.

After finishing his meal, Mr. Huo sat down beside him and pointed to the fortress in front of them: "Your Highness, take a look at the fortress at night. Have you discovered anything?"

Upon hearing Mr. Huo say this, Gu Yuzhi was immediately intrigued.

You know, they had stayed in Jingxiang for a few nights before, but they didn't find anything there.

As he spoke, he deliberately moved forward a bit, looking up and down, but still couldn't find anything wrong. He could only turn his head and say, "I can't see it."

Mr. Huo smiled faintly, his tone tinged with melancholy: "It's not so obvious now. In the past, a thin layer of mist would rise over the fortress area at night."

"This fog is produced by a plant, it rises at sunset and sets at sunrise, and it is harmless to humans. But the fog is very thick, and if someone is trapped in the maze at this time, they will not be able to see their own hand in front of their face."

At this point, it's impossible to tell whether someone is friend or foe, and most of the Northern Di people end up killing each other.

Gu Yuzhi was genuinely unaware that there was a plant that could produce such a remarkable effect. He turned to Shu and asked curiously, "Teacher Shu, do you know what kind of plant this is?"

Teacher Shu scratched his head vigorously, feeling as if he had forgotten all the knowledge he had learned over the years!

A plant that can produce fog and make the area pitch black at night, allowing you to work at night and rest during the day...

This could only happen in some fantasy novel about cultivating immortality!

Upon seeing her like this, Manager Wen couldn't help but laugh and mock her: "Oh my, isn't this our agricultural research institute's PhD? You call yourself an agricultural encyclopedia, how come you don't even know this plant?"

Seeing his arrogant and smug look, Shu Xiaohan gritted her teeth, pushed up her glasses, and laughed, "Does the knowledgeable Manager Wen know what kind of plant it really is?"

Shopkeeper Wen, who was grinning with his big white teeth, suddenly shut his mouth, opened his folding fan and started fanning himself. Under Shu Xiaohan's gaze, he even turned his head to the other side little by little.

Shu Xiaohan snorted coldly: "Laugh, why aren't you laughing? Don't you find it funny?"

The two stopped arguing and immediately began to confront each other. Shu Xiaohan felt that her taunting skills were fully charged: "Aren't you a prestigious imperial merchant? You've traveled all over the country all these years. What haven't you been to? How come you haven't seen this before?"

"Compared to me, a person from a thousand years in the future, you, a former imperial merchant and a local, have never even met me?"

After being asked twice in a row that he had never seen it before, Manager Wen became somewhat embarrassed and angry, and slammed his fan shut again: "Hmph, I'm a businessman, not a plant researcher. Our fields are different, so it's not surprising that I haven't seen it before?"

"No, no, no..."

Shu Xiaohan mimicked Wen Xiuzhu's nonchalant manner as he fanned himself earlier, saying, "How can someone as business-savvy as Manager Wen lack even this basic business acumen?"

Originally, Gu Yuzhi would have been a little scared when the two of them argued, but now, watching them banter back and forth, Gu Yuzhi felt a sense of nostalgia.

He even cupped his face in his hands, looking at it with a smile.

After a while, the smile on Gu Yuzhi's face faded slightly.

Ever since I overheard Manager Wen saying he was leaving, he seems to have been deliberately minimizing his presence. He rarely speaks unless absolutely necessary, let alone argues with Teacher Shu like this.

Unable to convince each other, the two turned their attention to Mr. Huo: "Your Highness, please ask Mr. Huo what exactly that plant that produces mist is?"

Gu Yuzhi then realized that business was more important than watching the two systems argue!

He hurriedly tugged at Mr. Huo's sleeve and asked, "Mr. Huo, what is the name of this plant? Since it produces such thick fog, how do the people of Jingxiang overcome it?"

They can't just stay indoors all night, can they?