Ye Xiaoxiao noticed the worry in Princess Xinya's eyes and patted her shoulder with a faint smile.
"Don't worry, this box is amazing. Although it looks small, it can hold a lot of things."
"Next, we just have to wait for the Rat King to summon all the rats."
Princess Xinya was skeptical, and Ye Xiaoxiao changed the subject.
"By the way, I heard from the brothers at the No. 1 Village in the World that the shells of golden clams were found here."
"Since we have nothing to do now, why not take advantage of the time when the Rat King is gathering rats and go to the lower reaches of the Cangwu River to take a look."
Shangguan Lingyun did not object, so he took Ye Xiaoxiao and left first.
Princess Xinya took a look, said a few words to Dugu Xin, and then chased after him.
"Xiaoxiao, wait for us. There is strength in numbers. We will help you look for it."
Ye Xiaoxiao did not refuse and took them to the downstream of the Cangwu River.
They saw a lot of rats along the way, and all of them were rushing towards the direction where Dugu Xin was.
Princess Xinya couldn't help but sigh, "This Rat King is really amazing. He can actually summon all the rats from such a long distance."
"But it's a good thing your storage box can hold it. Otherwise, it would take quite a while just to deal with these rats."
Ye Xiaoxiao smiled faintly and nodded. As they talked, they walked and soon arrived at the lower reaches of the Cangwu River.
"This is where golden clams were once found."
Ye Sheng pointed to a section of the river not far away and reminded everyone in a low voice.
Ye Xiaoxiao looked into the river. The water was originally very clear, but as the muskrat swam, the water became a little turbid.
Ye Xiaoxiao frowned, "It seems that we came at the wrong time today."
"The water in the river is so dark, and we can't tell what's at the bottom of the river."
Shangguan Lingyun saw her frown and used his thumb to smooth her brow slightly.
"How about I send someone to salvage it?"
Ye Xiaoxiao glanced at the long river and immediately shook her head.
"The river is long, and relying on manual labor to salvage it is not only laborious and costly, but also wastes time."
"It won't take long for the Rat King to summon the rats. Why don't we go back and wait until the river water clears?"
No one objected, but Ye Sheng suddenly looked towards Cangwu Mountain.
"Xiaoxiao, I want to go up and take a look."
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaoxiao frowned slightly. Thinking of Queen Dayu's plan to raise rats, Ye Xiaoxiao became furious.
"Empress Dayu has gone mad and mobilized all the Qi family troops to raise rats here. They should be taught a lesson."
"However, this matter must be handled with caution. Fourth Brother, please do not be impulsive, so as not to alert the enemy."
Ye Sheng frowned, "Now that the Rat King has disappeared with all the muskrats, the Qi family army will soon discover something unusual."
"Instead of waiting for them to become alert, why not take advantage of the opportunity to wipe them out in one fell swoop while they're still unaware?"
Ye Xiaoxiao still shook her head, and Shangguan Lingyun echoed her.
"There's no rush for this matter. We need to discuss this with Prince Dayu before making a decision."
"However, it's not impossible to let Wang Xiao and your fourth brother go and investigate the situation first."
Seeing this, Ye Xiaoxiao had no choice but to nod.
"In that case, the two of you should be careful and don't let yourself get hurt."
"After the muskrats are dealt with, the Qi family army will be like grasshoppers after autumn, nothing to be feared."
"It's just that if it's handled properly, no innocent people will be harmed."
The two nodded, Ye Sheng handed Princess Xinya to Tianxuan for protection, and then left with Wang Xiao.
Shangguan Lingyun led the three women to continue forward. When they could no longer see the muskrats by the river, they looked carefully at the clear riverbed.
"There are indeed quite a few clam shells here, but golden clams are rare to begin with. I'm afraid it won't be easy to find them now."
Ye Xiaoxiao nodded. Just as she was carefully looking for the clam shell, Princess Xinya suddenly covered her arm and cried out in pain.
"Ouch, that hurts."
It turned out that when no one was paying attention, Princess Xinya put her hand into the river.
The cool river water made her feel very comfortable, but she didn't notice that a small insect suddenly crawled up her arm.
When she felt the pain, she found that a small insect seemed to have crawled into her arm.
"Xiaoxiao, there's a bug in my arm. It hurts."
Ye Xiaoxiao frowned and immediately looked at Princess Xinya's wound.
I saw a small red hole on the arm that looked like scallion white.
Blood was gurgling from the small hole, and the flesh behind the hole was slightly swelling and wriggling. Princess Xinya had never seen anything like this before, and she screamed in fright.
"Ah, it actually got in. What should I do? Is my hand going to be broken?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaoxiao quickly looked towards the water where Princess Xinya was. When she saw the insects wriggling in the water, she quickly came up with an idea.
"Don't be afraid, Princess. Don't panic. Stay calm, or it might get irritated and drill faster."
"Tianxuan, use the cloth strip to tie the insect's front arm tightly to prevent it from drilling further down."
Tianxuan quickly tore off a strip of cloth from her dress, said "I'm sorry" quickly, and tied the strip of cloth tightly around Princess Xinya's arm.
After Ye Xiaoxiao saw that she had finished handling the matter, she pulled Princess Xinya's arm.
"Princess, it hurts a little, just bear with it."
After Ye Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she took out a silver needle and directly pricked the skin on Princess Xinya's arm where the insect's head was.
Then, he gently patted the area around the insect with his hands, intending to make the insect come out from the place where the silver needle had pierced it.
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