Chapter 308: I had little experience at the beginning
The girl who had been silent at the dinner table finally spoke up. "The new emperor is a wise ruler, and General Yuan is back. Everything will be fine."
This one sentence frightened the waiter so much that he looked at the girl twice more.
This little girl is so bold that she even dares to call the current emperor the "new emperor"!
Not respectful enough!
But he would not expose her because the little girl also mentioned General Yuan.
Although he doesn't seem to be very good at talking, what he says is indeed nice.
"Yes, the emperor is a wise ruler, especially now that General Yuan is back! You don't know how happy the people in this city were after the news that General Yuan was named the General of National Defense came. It was so lively at that time, even more lively than the Chinese New Year. The barbarians from outside the country who used to come and cause trouble from time to time have also become much more obedient. The reputation of Yuan's army in the past can still intimidate those barbarians even after so many years! Hahaha!" The waiter laughed first as he spoke. His face was inconspicuous, but his eyes were very bright, showing his longing and expectation for a stable life in the future.
When the young man and the girl saw this, their expressions became more genuine.
"Second brother, besides the barbarians who always want to cause trouble, there are other tribes living outside the Great Wall, right? Have you heard of the Qiang people?" the young man asked again.
"Hiss! Why are you asking about the Qiang people? You're young and ignorant, so take my advice: don't ask about that tribe anymore!"
"Why?"
"Anyone who asks about the Qiang people will have a rotten stomach! I'm not exaggerating. Many years ago, a stranger came to the city to ask about it, and the next day he was dead! His intestines were rotten and there were little bugs crawling all over his body. It was terrifying!"
Just then, a gust of cold wind blew, lifting a corner of the curtain at the door. The cold wind, carrying snow foam, rushed in. The whimpering sound of the wind was like the howling of crows, weird and scary.
The waiter, perhaps recalling the frightening scene he had just witnessed, turned pale and buried his head in adding charcoal to the fire basket, unwilling to say anything more.
Bai Yu and Tian Bao looked at each other and didn't ask any more questions. Just mentioning the name scared the waiter so much that no one could get anything out of him.
After dinner, they returned to the guest room upstairs. Bai Yu helped Tianbao light the candles in the room and checked the doors and windows again. "My father's investigation included a map of the outside world. Finding the Qiang's location is not difficult, but how to get in is difficult. We will stay here for two days. I will walk around the city and see if I can learn more about the Qiang from other sources. Tianbao, don't worry."
"I'm not in a hurry, you're more anxious than me." Tian Bao sat at the table, looking at the busy figure. After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but hit him, "Bai Yu, there's no need to check the doors and windows repeatedly. Anyone who dares to come here is seeking death."
Bai Yu turned back expressionlessly, his thin lips moving slightly, "Oh, have you forgotten how you got infected with the Gu worm?"
“…I didn’t have much experience back then.”
"There are so many things you haven't seen before. Always close the doors and windows when you sleep!"
The young man uttered the last sentence with gritted teeth.
Tianbao's face turned pale, "I know."
Before leaving, Bai Yu asked for the ninety-ninth time, "Are you really not feeling unwell today?"
The girl kicked him out directly.
I closed the door, turned off the lights, and lay in bed, unable to sleep.
The cold wind was howling outside the window. I don’t know whose doors and windows were not closed properly, and they were slamming against each other in the wind. The sound was clear and scary in the quiet night.
Tianbao opened his eyes and looked at the dark mosquito net above his head, his mind blank.
It has been several months since the last attack, and there has been no other abnormalities since then, making it difficult for her to figure out the pattern of the attacks.
What exactly is a Gu worm?
As the night deepened, the wind raged more violently, howling outside the window like ghosts and wolves, determined to sweep away everything.
A very subtle and strange melody mixed in, which can be easily overlooked.
The girl who had just closed her eyes on the bed suddenly opened them, turned over and jumped out of the window. Her figure was as fast as an afterimage, and she ran towards the source of the sound.
It's the sound of a flute.
She had heard it several times before and was very familiar with it.
Yanxiaguan is deserted during the New Year's Festival and people go to bed early. However, just after the hour of Hai, every household has turned off the lights.
The snow continued to fall, and the entire border city was a dull grayish-white color. Everywhere you looked, you could see the bright light reflected by the snow.
Tianbao climbed over walls and finally stopped, surrounded by a forest of bare branches.
Rocks are stacked on top of each other and broken snow weighs down the branches.
There is no one else.
After a moment, there was a slight crunching sound of shoes soles crunching on the snow behind him. Tianbao turned around and met the eyes of the person who had just landed.
Bai Yu panted slightly, his eyes dark, "The person ran away."
"Well, I didn't catch it." Tian Bao didn't feel any regret, "It doesn't matter, it will appear again."
"How are you?"
"Go back and tell me."
After a simple conversation of a few words, the two left the dead forest together.
After they had walked for a while, a shadowy figure flashed past in the depths of the dead forest. Its speed was as fast as that of a young girl who had reached the pinnacle of lightness skills.
Return to the inn and relight the candles in the room.
The dim light clearly illuminated Bai Yu's expression. His whole face was tense, his brows were drawn down, and when he wasn't smiling, the aura that he usually restrained leaked out.
Sharp, powerful, and extremely oppressive.
"The other party should be here to test me." Tian Bao sat down at the table, his face calm. "I guess the bloodworms can not only cause spontaneous hallucinations, but also be stimulated by the sound of the flute."
"So the other party showed up just to test you with the flute sound to see if you have been poisoned by the insect, or to what extent the poison has spread to you." Bai Yu interjected.
In other words, the other party was not sure whether Tianbao was poisoned or not.
This time, Tianma immediately chased after him to test him, and in the eyes of the other party, there seemed to be nothing unusual.
Then the traps for Tianbao will become more and more severe and emerge in an endless stream.
Thinking of this, Bai Yu's expression turned even uglier. "We just arrived here today, and they came last night. There were people tailing us along the way."
After a pause, Bai Yu looked sharply at the girl. "You said the Gu worm could be activated by the sound of a flute. Did you hallucinate again when you heard the flute just now?"
"Within the range of suppression."
The girl's calm demeanor made Bai Yu so angry that he was speechless.
She didn't care about her own life half as much as he did.
"No more waiting, we'll set off for the Qiang tribe tomorrow!"
“…”
Tianbao rubbed his eyebrows and looked.
He was actually more anxious than she was.
"Su Tianbao!"
"Yes, I'll go tomorrow. I'm also very anxious."
“…”
This time it's someone's turn to lose his temper.
I was so choked that I didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
On the other side, in a small farmyard somewhere on the outskirts of the city, lights were dimly lit inside the house.
A figure knelt at the door of the main house and said, "Master, we were unable to find out this time."
"She chased him out?"
"yes."
"Su Jiuni cannot be taken lightly, and the boy who came with her cannot be underestimated either."
"yes."
"Can you tell what her condition is? Is she poisoned?"
"Master, please give me another chance. I need to explore again!"
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